Published 2017-05-15
Abstract
‘O32-18-3’ is a seedless muscadine hybrid from the Grape Breeding Program at the Center for Viticulture & Small Fruit Research, Florida A&M University. It produces seedless muscadine grape fruits with a 3.3 g average fruit weight and a fruit sugar content of 16.1%. The fruit tastes sweet and crunchy and has an attractive fresh red color and an elliptic shape. It has moderate vigor, and is resistant to Pierce’s disease (PD). Seedlessness, uniform ripening, cluster harvesting, and PD resistance are the major advantages of the hybrid. This hybrid has showed potential as a seedless grape to grown in Florida and other muscadine production regions.