Mangoes at the Australian National Mango Genebank

by admin | November 25, 2020 4:31 pm

The Australian National Mango Genebank is the largest collection of mango cultivars and mango related species in Australia. The genebank is maintained as a collection of mature growing trees on the Department of Primary Industries and fisheries, Ayr Research Station. The collection consists of approximately 300 mango cultivars and related species, originating in many parts of the world.

The collection was started in the 1960’s in the Brisbane region with an introduction program targeting promising varieties from around the world. This program was later expanded to the Bowen/Ayr (dry tropics) and Kamerunga/Walkamin (wet tropics) regions of Queensland. In the early 1980’s the collection was moved to the Ayr Research Station where it is situated today. Within the genebank there are several smaller collections such as, Australian cultivars, foreign cultivars, green eating cultivars and Mangifera species. Although mango is not native to Australia, many selections of trees were made in the 1960’s. These trees were generally found in the vicinity of Queensland ports. Many of the trading ships in the 1800’s left mango seeds behind that found their way on to farms and stations. A number of these cultivars are represented in the genebank.

The collection also contains many of the more popular commercial varieties from around the world. The collection holds mango varieties from Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Mexico, Hawaii, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Taihei, Jamaica, South Africa, Israel, USA, Australia, Kenya and Brazil. In recent times an effort has been made to collect the best green eating varieties from around South East Asia to supply the growing demand for green-eating mangoes in Australia. The collection now holds green-eating varieties such as Keow Savoey, Rad, Nang Klang Wan, and Falan, from Thailand, Xoai Tuong from Viet Nam, and Golek from Indonesia. The collection also holds a number of related Mangifera species that may, in the future prove useful in breeding programs or as sources of rootstocks. Some of these include M. odorarta, M. cesia, M. foteida, M. panjang, M. aplanata, M. zelynica.

The genebank has been used as a centralised source of mango genetic material for industry diversification over the past 40 years. Throughout its life the genebank has played a major role in all industry genetic improvement programs, supplying growers with new varieties and as a source of parental material for seedling selection and breeding programs. The successful Australian cultivar “R2E2” was developed using seed material from the Australian National Genebank. More recently the genebank has been a major source of parental cultivars used in the Australian National Mango Breeding Program, which has been very successful generating large numbers of high quality hybrids is using controlled crossing techniques between Kensington Pride and a number of varieties from the genebank. The Australian National Genebank is a collection that is continually having new accessions added and information on the accessions upgraded.  The collection is a vital part of Australia’s mango industry and an essential tool in the improvement of mango germplasm. Because they only have a single tree of each variety, they can only supply small amounts of budwood of any one variety.

If you are interested in any particular variety please contact the Farm Manager at Ayr:

John Brown 07 4783 0401 or Ian Bally, Senior Horticulturist, Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, 28 Peters St (P.O. Box 1054), Mareeba QLD 4880  Telephone  07  4048 4644   Facsimile  07  4092 3593  Call Centre 13 25 23

email  ian.bally@dpi.qld.gov.au   Mobile  0419 679 463

                                                                      Australian National Mango Genebank

                                                                                   Ayr Research Station

13-1	Carabao Mindinao	Hybrid 10	Mapulevu	Rosa
Amarto Seedless	Carabao Super Manila	Hybrid 17	Mar	Ruoyal Special
Golden Delight	Carabao Timited	Indian (Foran)	Millaroo 1	Rupee
Gudang	Carabao T’ville	Indian 1	Millaroo 6	S.B. Chowsa
Kasturi	Carrie	Indian 2	Momi K	S113
Kyal	Casino gold	Indian T’ville	Mulgoa Ramasamy	Sabre
Summerlee ii	Cathamia	Indochinese Late	Mullimby Gold	Saigon
Tom	Cedar Bay	Ingham Late	Mundappa	Santa Alexandrina
‘A’	Chandrakaran	Irwin	Mylepania	Sapa
A67	Chenkie	Isis	Nam Doc Mai 4	Sensation
Akbar	Chockanan	Jakarta	Nam Doc Mai T/A Select	Siphon
Alphonso	Cobera tongue	Jehangir	Nam Dok Mai	Smith
Ampalam	Coconut	Jewel	Navaneelum	Spirit of 76
Anderson	Common	Julie	Neelum	Spooner
Andreoli	Creeper	Kalapady	Nelson	Springfels
Ann	Crimson Blush	Kamerunga White	New Guinea Long	Sri Jaya
Anopan	Dashehari	Karutha Columban	Nimrod	Sufaida
Apple	Davis Haden	Keaw	Nixons Special	Summerlee i
Asam Rumuk	Dcheruku  rasam	Keitt	Nong Sang	Sungi Siput
‘B’	Dorothy	Kensington (M)	OK Rong	Tanjang pinang pink
B%	Dray	Kensington Grossman	Ok rong	Tekin
B.O.T.	Duncan	Kensington KRS	Olour	Telok Anson
Bacany	Early Gold	Kent	Ono	Temira
Bali Apple	Edward	Keow Savoey	Orange	Thai Wild
Bambaroo (K)	Elephants Tusk	Kimba	Padiri	Thar
Banana	Excell	Kishenbhog	Pahiri	Thomas
Banana Long	Fairchild	Kopu Reva	Pairi	Tiwi
Bangalora	Fajari	Kuini	Pajo	Tommy Atkins
Bangampalli	Falan	Kuru	Palmer	Tong Dum
Batawi	Fascell	Langra	Paris	Totapuri
Batu Ferrungi	Fifi	Larman	Parri	Trusso
Betti Amba	Florigon	Lemon	Parvin	Tuong dum
Beverly	Fred Roos	Lipens	Peach G.C.	Van Dyke
Black Jamacian	Fyhn	M. odourata	Phoenix	Vella Colomban
Black Java	G. Allan	M. panjang	Pico	Whiley 42
Blue	Gail	M.altisima	Pineapple	Willard
Bombay	Gedong	M.aplanata	Pirie	Willard (H)
Bombay Green	Glenn	M.foetida	Pope	Xoai Boui
Boribo	Golden Tropic	M.laurina	Predojevich	Xoai Bu
Bowen Early	Goldsworthy	M.quadrifida	Pulella Late	Xoai cat
Brady (K)	Golek	Macay	R2E2	Xoai Cat chu
Brindabin	Gouviea	Mag B	Rad	Xoai Cat Hoa Loc
Brindbin	Graham	Magovar	Rajah	Xoai Cat Thom
Brooks	Gratidge	Maha 165	Rapa	Xoai Nho
Browns Seedling	Gullivers Triumph	Maha Janka	Raspuri	Xoai Thanh Ca
Bullocks Heart	Haden	Mallika	Red Mulgoba	Xoai Tuong
Bundaberg Late	Harumanis	Manalagi	Repozo	Yorkys Knob
Carabao 1	Harumanis Red	Manggadol	Robers 1	Yusof
Carabao Flav	Hatcher	Manjeera	Roberts 3	Zardalu
Carabao Harbon	Himat pasand	Manoranjan	Roberts Special	Zill
Carabao Lamao	Hong-Sa	Manzanillo-nunez	Rockdale Saigon	Zillate
Carabao Losbanos	Hood	Manzano	Rockhampton Large

Source URL: https://stfc.org.au/articles/mangoes-at-the-australian-national-mango-genebank-3/

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