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Tango Mandarin

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Tango Mandarin

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Tango Mandarin

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History

Tango Mandarin

June1995Riverside, California, United States
Other
At Riverside, budwood from registered W. Murcott trees in Lindcove was irradiated in June 1995 with 50 Gy of Cobalt-60 gamma radiation.
- Mikeal L. RooseDeveloper
  Co-developed the irradiation-derived W. Murcott selection Tango.
- Timothy E. WilliamsDeveloper
  Co-developed the irradiation-derived W. Murcott selection Tango.
Sources: ⁠[2]
1999Riverside, California, United States
Selected
After two fruiting seasons, the original C32-rooted tree stood out for very low seed counts, excellent fruit quality, and normal production and was selected for further trials in 1999; the patent refers to it as Tango. Buds were propagated onto Carrizo and C35 citrange rootstocks in January 2000.
- Mikeal L. RooseSelector
- Timothy E. WilliamsSelector
Sources: ⁠[2]