Mardi launches star fruit clone ‘Bintang Mas’


New kid on the block: Salahuddin (second from right) holding the Bintang Mas at the launch here yesterday. With him is Mardi director, Datuk Dr Mohamad Roff Mohd Noor (second from left). — Bernama

KLUANG: The Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi) has launched the country’s first star fruit hybrid clone, Bintang Mas (Golden Star), to break into the international market.

Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Minister Datuk Salahuddin Ayub said Mardi had conducted research work into the clone since 1986.

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