Breeding & varieties

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development has formal links to national breeding programs for lupins, pulses and oats. The department also has significant research inputs in pre-breeding for wheat and barley, supporting the development of new varieties for Western Australia and national grain growers, with particular emphasis on frost, drought and salinity.

The National Apple Breeding Program based at DPIRD, has produced the Cripps Pink (known as Pink Lady) and Cripps Red (Sundowner) with research into more great varieties being undertaken.

DPIRD is working to select better strawberries for the WA industry.

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  • Growing out banana plants from tissue culture.

    Propagation of bananas

    25 February 2014

    Tissue culture is the best method for propagating bananas. It ensures they are true to type and free from pests and diseases.

  • Hand pollintion.

    Australian National Mango Breeding Program

    22 October 2013

    The Australian National Mango Breeding Program was initiated in 1994 between four state, territory and federal agricultural organisations.

  • Fruit and seed of NMBP-1243

    New mango hybrid NMBP-1243

    23 October 2013

    Three new mango varieties have been developed by the National Mango Breeding Program (NMBP). NMBP-1243 is a hybrid cross between Irwin and Kensington Pride (KP).

  • Newhall navel trees on Swingle citrumelo showing sick tree caused by rootstock incompatibility

    Citrus rootstocks for Western Australia

    31 October 2013

    Selecting the right rootstock for your orchard is one of the most important decisions you will have to make.

  • Cara Cara is a mid-season navel orange with deeply coloured flesh similar to Star Ruby grapefruit

    Orange varieties for Western Australia

    3 October 2013

    Many new navel and Valencia orange varieties have become available in recent years and are currently being evaluated under West Australian conditions.

  • WA mandarins

    Mandarins and tangors for Western Australia

    4 October 2013

    Many new varieties of mandarins and tangors have become available in Western Australia with desirable traits for consumers such as few or no seeds and loose skin (easy peel).

  • Honey bee visiting an apple flower

    Recommendations for successful apple pollination

    6 November 2013

    Pollination is one of the keys to profitable apple production. As a general rule, apple varieties are not self-fertile and will not set a full crop without a compatible polliniser.

  • Mango trees growing in suburban Perth can bear well.

    Growing mangoes in cooler areas of Western Australia

    3 December 2013

    Mango fruit produced in the Perth area is seasonally the latest in Australia and receives high prices in WA and interstate.

  • close up of avocado flower showing the stamens standing upright, surrounding the stigma in two whirls, also notice the slit openings in the anthers

    Cross-pollinisers for Hass avocado

    28 July 2014

    While Hass avocados are commonly grown in the South-West of Western Australia without a cross-polliniser variety, much interest has focused around the potential benefits of using a suitable cross-p

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