Hot Climate Partnership apples commercialisation heats up
Two new apple varieties specifically bred for hot and warming climates expected to be commercialised from the end of 2025 following two already released.
What’s at stake: The Hot Climate Partnership has commercialised two apple varieties specially bred for hot and warming climates and hopes to release two more this year.
Background: Growers in the Catalan province of Spain approach CRI Plant and Food to breed new cultivars as heat and drought were causing problems with their fruit. Climate warming means the new varieties have broader appeal for growers.
Main players: Hot Climate Partnership, Plant & Food Research, Spain’s Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology, Fruit Futur, and VentureFruit.
It was in the summer of 2002 that a cross-country partnership began to provide apple and pear growers with new varieties specially bred for hot and warming climates.
The Hot Climate Partnership (HCP) was sparked by challenges with traditional cultivars experienced by growers in the Catalonia
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What’s at stake: The Hot Climate Partnership has commercialised two apple varieties specially bred for hot and warming climates and hopes to release two more this year.
Background: Growers in the Catalan province of Spain approach CRI Plant and Food to breed new cultivars as heat and drought were causing problems with their fruit. Climate warming means the new varieties have broader appeal for growers.
Main players: Hot Climate Partnership, Plant & Food Research, Spain’s Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology, Fruit Futur, and VentureFruit.
