Citrus varieties are selected based on a number
of selection criteria. These include: later or earlier
ripening periods, seedlessness,
increased licopene or anthocyanin
pigment expression, improved cropping or
fruit size, better rind colour, improved internal quality
and new unique hybrids. Most
internationally renowned citrus breeding programmes
worldwide also favour commercialisation partnerships
with the Biogold group due to its impressive infrastructure.
This, in turn, enables Biogold to continue to provide growers
with access to improved products. The group has invested
in various breeding programmes and has technical
partnerships with many breeding programmes
throughout the world.
The Biogold group has been able to implement a standardised
field evaluation system so as to ensure that new
varieties are fully evaluated before
recommendations are made to growers on
what to plant. A range of climactic
zones are utilised on a per country
basis so as to ensure that the optimal performance
criteria for new varieties are fully understood.
Biogold International has also put together of team of
the best international citriculture experts to ensure
that exacting standards are
maintained.Biogold confidently offers the best choice of citrus
product available in each category to
commercial producers in the world
through our strategically located
subsidiary companies.
Biogold International is able to ensure that grower
partners are able to farm with the most profitable
varietal range for their area.
The Biogold subsidiaries have partnered with the most
successful growers in the world and have the capacity to
fast track large-scale commercialisation of new improved
citrus products simultaneously in seven world regions.
The Biogold group have pioneered the establishment
and running of grower clubs within the world citrus
industry. Grower clubs offer the potential for
sustainable commercialisation of new
varieties internationally.
The Biogold group manages a number of trademarks
and the associated alliances of growers around the
world. The group also participates in technical project
management in a number of large-scale citrus projects
across the globe.
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