Currently, vegetable production in Vietnam depends on 90% of F1 hybrid vegetables imported from abroad, especially cantaloupe seeds are almost 100% dependent on imported sources.
Faced with that situation, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has directed scientific research units under the Ministry to focus on research and selection of vegetable varieties, specifically F1 hybrid vegetable varieties, to reduce dependence on imports.
Since 2015, the Agricultural Science Institute for Southern Coastal Central of Vietnam (ASISOV) has focused its resources on the selection and creation of F1 hybrid vegetable varieties, and Hoang Ngan cantaloupe is one of them. ASISOV's successful selection of the Hoang Ngan cantaloupe variety is crucial in the current context.
In 2018, based on available materials, ASISOV started to research, select and breed F1 hybrid cantaloupe. By 2021, the F1 Hoang Ngan hybrid cantaloupe complex was completed. Since then, ASISOV has produced F1 hybrid seeds of Hoang Ngan cantaloupe and conducted trial planting in a number of localities in the South Central Coast and Central Highlands, such as Ninh Thuan and Gia Lai, mostly focusing on Binh Dinh because Hoang Ngan cantaloupe is particularly suitable for the climate and soil conditions of the area.
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