Breeding and selection of a new jackfruit cultivar ' Red Flesh Jackfruit'
' Red Flesh Jackfruit' is a new dry-bulb cuhivar selected from natural seedlings of Thailand jackfruit. The variety has the following characteristics: early fruiting and lower fruiting location, flowering year round but mainly from March to October. The fruit development period is 110 to 135 days. Its fruit is oblong, with an average weight of 10.3 kg. The fruits have thick and less latex bulbs.The flake is orange red , crisp and with sweet aroma. The total soluble solids (TSS) content of flake is 18.87%.