OUTSTANDING QUALITIES
- Long life variety
- Vigorous growth habit
- Excellent yield potential
- Multiple disease resistance, including bacterial canker
Disco LL is a long life tomato with an excellent track record. Disco LL is a semi-determinate medium maturing variety with very strong growth and good fruit colour and flavour. Plants are very vigorous with a very good leaf cover. Yield potential is very high with a very high percentage of first grade fruit. The variety is aimed at the typical pre-pack market but for outdoor production. Disco LL has high resistance to Verticillium wilt race 1 (Vd: 1), Fusarium wilt races 1 and 2 (Fol: 1 - 2) and Root-knot (Mi, Mj). Disco LL has intermediate resistance to Bacterial canker (Cmm), Bacterial speck (Pst), Bacterial spot Xcv (now Xav) and Bacterial wilt race 1 (Rs: 1).
SPECIAL VARIETAL REQUIREMENTS
- Disco LL is sensitive to high applications of nitrogen
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CHARACTERISTIC* |
DISCO LL |
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KIND |
Semi-determinate F1 hybrid salad tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) |
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PRODUCTION TYPE |
Open field |
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FIRMNESS |
Very good |
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MATURITY |
Medium |
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PLANT VIGOUR |
Very good |
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SEASON |
Year round culture in frost-free areas |
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FRUIT WEIGHT |
160 - 190 g |
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FRUIT SHAPE |
Oblate |
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PEDUNCLE |
Jointed |
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ATTACHMENT POINT |
Small, neat |
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SHOULDER |
Smooth |
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SHOULDER COLOUR |
Light green |
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BLOSSOM END |
Neat |
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COLOUR |
Internal: very good External: excellent |
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FLAVOUR |
Excellent for Long Life variety |
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UNIFORMITY |
Very good |
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LEAF COVER |
Excellent |
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DISEASE REACTION (SCIENTIFIC) |
High resistance: Verticillium dahliae race 1 (Vd: 1), Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici races 1 and 2 (Fol: 1 - 2), Meloidogyne incognita (Mi), Meloidgyne javanica (Mj) Intermediate resistance: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis (Cmm), Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato (Pst), Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria (now Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. Vesicatoria) Xcv (now Xav) and Ralstonia solanacearum race 1 (Rs: 1) |
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MARKETS / END USE |
Fresh market |
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POPULATION GUIDE |
10 000 – 12 000 final stand per ha (45 – 50 cm in row, 160 cm between rows) |
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SPECIAL FEATURES |
Intermediate resistance against Bacterial canker |