Tomato field trial -- October 2005 at Sanarate, GT
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Oh yea, it is raining. It rained
over 250 mm in 5 days, mostly at night. Douglas Maxwell, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Maxwell (left) and grower (right).
Grower wanted to purchase seed of one of the Gentropic Seeds hybrids. Unfortunately,
this was an XA hybrid and it will need additional, multisite evaluation
before it is released. It had size, shape, firmness and resistance, plus
excellent yield -- all in all, this hybrid was exactly what the grower wanted.
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Local grower has been following
progress of our trials for several years and is very impressed. He tried
to grow tomatoes in April 05 and lost his crop because of 100% virus infection.
His field was about 200 m away from this field trial.
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These fellows, Elevio, Luis Mejia,
and Mynor, are demonstrating the yield potential of three hybrids in comparison
to the commerical hybrid, Silverado (right hand of Mejia - small bag). These
bags represent the total fruits from an average plant. These hybrids will
go to the next phase of evaluation, ie XB's.
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