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The value of independent cultivar evaluation

SA CHERRY GROWERS' ASSOCIATION SA KERSIE PRODUSENTE VERENIGING 31 July 2018

• Established in 2013 as cultivar development and support company
• 2015 Hortgro-Pome, Hortgro-Stone, DFTS and CFPA engaged Provar as independent

cultivar evaluation company

• Focus on independent, objective and scientific evaluation and data management
• Ensuring complete independence and facilitating buy-in of potential clients
• Serving private commercial fruit entities, fruit breeders, licensees, IP owners and SA

Fruit Industry

PROVAR BACKGROUND

ACCUMULATED INCOME LOSS / PROFIT PER HA OVER 12 YEAR PERIOD

• 2000000,00
• 1500000,00
• 1000000,00
• 500000,00

0,00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rands Years

Apple in Koue Bokkeveld - R 1 542 832

• Establishment cost R/ha
• Production cost Ton/ha
• Farm Gate income R/ton
• Royalties not included
• 1000000,00

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Apple in Koue Bokkeveld + R 2 263 653

ACCUMULATED INCOME LOSS / PROFIT PER HA OVER 12 YEAR PERIOD

• 800000,00
• 600000,00
• 400000,00
• 200000,00

0,00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rands Years

Warm Bokkeveld Late Nectarine -R 749 121

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Warm Bokkeveld Late Nectarine R 3 030 630

POME FRUIT & TABLE GRAPE IMPORTS 2011 - 2016

Total 144 28 546 619

Total 10 174 215 541 698 429

STONE FRUIT IMPORTS 2011 - 2016

EVALUATION STRATEGY

• A. FRUIT EXHIBITIONS - TASTELABTM
• Host industry tastings for IP Owners, Breeders and Licencees as first step of product development process
• B. SCREENING FRUIT EVALUATION
• 4 Stages visual & Sensory fruit evaluation (at harvest, mid cold storage, end storage and end shelf life)
• Storage & Shelf life potential
• C. ADVANCED SCREENING - Identification of the best selections and / or cultivars
• Tree characteristics
• Phenology
• 4 Stages visual & Sensory fruit evaluation
• Storage & Shelf life potential
• D. FULL TRIAL EVALUATION - Testing Commercial Potential of cultivars and selections
• Tree characteristics
• Phenology
• Harvest Indexing and Maturity Indexing
• 4 Stages Visual & Sensory fruit evaluation
• Storage & Shelf life potential

EVALUATION STRATEGY (CONT.)

• External Benchmarking - Anonymous ranking according to evaluation index
• Comparative Reporting - between cultivars, seasons, areas, countries
• Panel evaluation – come and join evaluation and take part in process

• To apply latest technology in evaluation

Inhouse IT development Data integration Applications Real-time reporting "What gets measured gets improved.“ PETER DRUCKER

EVALUATION STRATEGY (CONT.)

CULTEVATM WEB BASED DATA INTEGRATION PLATFORM

CULTEVATM MOBILE

AUTOMATED REPORT

OTHER SUPPORT AREAS

• Rootstock evaluation
• Chilling requirement assessment
• Consumer panel evaluation
• S-Alleles & Pollination studies
• Specialised trials

CHOICE OF CROSS-. POLLINATOR. MAIN CULTIVAR .

Rubynell African Rose* Pioneer* African Delight Harry Pickstone* Suplum 6 (Angeleno) Sapphire Purple Majesty Black Pearl Fortune K2-135 Ruby Sun Souvenir Inbar Big Night Mark SunKiss Green Red Red Diamond Sun Breeze Ruby Crunch Sun Supreme Marco Suplum 11 Suplum 39 Starplum 6 Larry Anne Laetitia Songold K2-261 Earlamoon Lamoon Late Shefer Sweet Christine Polaris Ruby Star Southern Belle African Rose* Self Compatible Pioneer* Self Compatible African Delight Pioneer Suplum 6 (Angeleno)** † Harry Pickstone and either Fortune or Souvenir** Sapphire Harry Pickstone Purple Majesty † † Harry pickstone and Ruby Nell Black Pearl Fortune Souvenir, or Ruby Crunch K2-135 Ruby Sun Harry Pickstone Souvenir Inbar Big Night Mark SunKiss Either Sapphire or Harry Pickstone Green Red Red Diamond Sun Breeze † † Either SunKiss or Harry Pickstone Ruby Crunch Fortune Afrigold † Sun Supreme Sun Supreme Laetitia Marco Suplum 11 Suplum 39 Starplum 6 Larry Anne † † Laetitia or Songold Laetitia Songold Songold Laetitia K2-261 Earlamoon Lamoon Late Shefer Sweet Christine Polaris (Starplum 7) Ruby Star Southern Belle or Songold Southern Belle X Songold or Ruby Star *Self compatible and generally at least semi-compatible with most cultivars **Dependent on area and time of flowering Table Key: Self-compatible † Untested, but commonly recommended cross-pollinator Genetically compatible † Untested, but commonly recommended cross-pollinator with a secondary pollinator Genetically compatible and commonly recommended cross-pollinator Genetically incompatible, not reccomended as cross-pollinator Genetically compatible and commonly recommended cross-pollinator with a secondary pollinator Untested, genetic relationship unknown

Table of Plum Cultivars and possible Cross-pollinators in order of flowering from early to late

Most commonly recommended cross-pollinator accounting for flowering time and cold units (Eg. 'Pioneer' as cross-pollinator for 'African Delight')

in association with

Version: 2017.6

EVALUATION SITES - POME

• Sites identified by industry representing production areas:
• Koue Bokkeveld - Nooitgedacht
• Grabouw
• Oak Valley
• Wolseley
• Mostertshoek
• Vyeboom
• Estonia
• Langkloof
• Du Toit Group

EVALUATION SITES – STONE FRUIT

• Sites identified by industry representing production areas:
• Robertson
• Klipboschlaagte
• Warm Bokkeveld - Lushof
• Breërivier
• Rouzelle
• Montagu
• Cape Dry Fruit Farm
• Naboomspruit - Ginger Gypsy
• Bergrivier
• Boland Landbouskool
• Tulbagh
• To be identified

PROVAR CERTIFICATION

tastelab.provar.co.za

CLIENT VALUE PROPOSITION

• Introduce new cultivars and selections – invited to

Tastelab industry fruit exhibitions

• Collect evaluation data & own Reporting platform on

CultevaTM

• Access to Provar standardised evaluation protocol

and Evaluation Manual

• Planting and tree management in Provar evaluation

plots – industry funded

• Independent evaluation data and reports through

evaluations by Provar

• Industry funded Full trial evaluation

• Employ Standardised evaluation protocols,
• Manage & supply unbiased cultivar information data,
• Apply latest technology on accessible data integration & reporting platform,
• Support new product development process,
• Supply verified decision making information to reduce / avoid risks associated

with planting new cultivars.

INDUSTRY VALUE PROPOSITION

PROVAR INTERNATIONAL FOOTPRINT

MARCH 2019 ROMANIA

Goal in serving Clients & Industry is to turn evaluation data into information, and information into planting insight

PROPOSED SACGA PROJECT: SCOPE

• Provar Advanced Screening Evaluation
• Phenological & Physiological Tree

evaluation

• 4 Stage Fruit Evaluation

MI, visual, and sensory attributes

• Performed at Nooitgedacht
• 3 cv’s from 3 IP managers

= 9 cv’s total

• Control cultivar(s)

SACGA PROPOSED PROJECT: REPORTING & FEEDBACK

• Reports from the Culteva™ platform

Comparable data

• Feedback presentations
• SACGA members and IP managers
• Provar Tastelab event(s)

Accessible to everyone (participating and viewing results)

PROPOSED SACGA PROJECT: FUTURE WORK

• 2018 Data as foundation
• Multi-seasonal Evaluation
• HORTGRO Evaluation Sites
• Multiple sites, multiple seasons
• …Rootstocks?

iwan@provar.co.za

www.provar.co.za

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