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Welcome
to Bob Wickson, New Head of Sun
World-Australiasia!
 Well
known Australian horticulturist
Bob Wickson has joined Sun
World. Bob has accepted the
position of Regional Licensing
Manager for Australia and New
Zealand. Sun World-Australiasia,
located in Bathurst, New South
Wales, is the company’s third
international office to support
commercialization of Sun World’s
proprietary table grape and
stone fruit varieties. Sun
World-Egypt was the first to
open in 1999, followed by Sun
World-South Africa in 2001.
Wickson joins
Sun World from ANFIC (Australian
Nurserymen’s Fruit Improvement
Company) where he served as
General Manager for the past
seven years. ANFIC, a 12-member
nursery consortium with
facilities and representatives
throughout Australia, is
licensed to introduce and
commercialize Sun World fruit
varieties. In his new position
with Sun World, Bob will
continue to work closely with
ANFIC. "I think my
attribute is my experience with
Australian growers and the
Australian climate coupled with
my knowledge of contracts and
what Sun World is trying to
achieve."
Wickson brings
a wealth of experience to his
new position as he has been
involved in the produce industry
for over 40 years. Bob spent 27
years with New South Wales Dept
of Agriculture in the positions
of District Advisor, Research
Institute Manager and finally as
Program Leader for Deciduous and
Tropical Fruits, managing both
the research and advisory
aspects of the industries.
During this time he played an
active role in the industries,
serving as Secretary for N.S.W.
Apple and Pear Growers
Association, Secretary for
Australian Sugar Plum Growers
Association, Secretary for
Australian Stone Fruit Growers
Association, and Interim
Director of Australian Pome
Fruit Improvement Program.
Bob currently
resides near Sydney, on his 225
acre farm with wife Susan. In
his spare time, Bob is involved
in breeding and riding Arabian
horses as well as participating
in a sport called 'Endurance
Riding', a long distance horse
racing event.
Contact
Bob: bwickson@sun-world.com
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Available
Online: Sun World Grower
Guidelines.
Sun
World R&D/Licensing
provides support to
help our licensed growers get
the best quality from Sun
World
proprietary fruit
varieties. Support
comes in several ways,
including technical
consulting, regional
manager support, technical
support articles, and
Grower Guidelines.
The Grower Guidelines
program, managed by Sun
World Product Development
Specialist Guy McGhie,
provides basic cultural
support to the
grower intended to get the
grower off to a good start
with a new fruit variety.
Licensed
growers can download
Grower Guidelines in PDF
format:
Grower
Guidelines Main Page
Cold
Storage Potential Trials
Sun
World R&D understands
the importance of
shelf-life and storability
of fruit in the
competitive marketplace,
especially for Southern
Hemisphere licensees where
fruit may spend many weeks
at sea and in cold storage
before reaching the
consumer. Therefore
storability is one of the
primary criteria we use to
determine the economic
viability of a new fruit
cultivar
At
the Sun World R&D Post
Harvest Lab we test
storability of our
cultivars. Read more
about our storage trials:
Cold
Storage Potential and
Storability
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