OUTSTANDING QUALITIES
- Exceptional fruit set in summer
- Very high yield potential
- Outstanding fruit quality
- Excellent shelf life
Mariana is a determinate saladette type tomato with exceptional fruit set in summer. Plants are small to medium in size. Fruit are predominately extra-large, very uniform in shape and have excellent firmness despite having large internal locules. External and internal colour of the fruit are very good and the fruit walls are thick. Shelf life is excellent. Mariana has high resistance to Verticillium wilt race 1 (Vd: 1) and Fusarium wilt races 1 and 2 (Fol: 1 - 2) and intermediate resistance to Root-knot (Mi, Mj), Alternaria stem canker (Aal) and Gray leaf spot (Ss).
SPECIAL VARIETAL REQUIREMENTS
- Apply 60 % nitrogen before week 6 in order to build a proper support system for high yield
- Contact your area representative for more information
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CHARACTERISTIC* |
MARIANA |
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KIND |
F1 hybrid saladette tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) |
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TYPE |
Determinate saladette |
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FIRMNESS |
Good to very good |
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MATURITY |
Medium late |
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SEASON |
Year round culture in frost free areas, particularly suited for summer production |
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FRUIT WEIGHT |
120 - 250 g |
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FRUIT SHAPE |
Blocky |
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ATTACHMENT POINT |
Small, neat |
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FRUIT COLOUR |
Fruit shoulder very light green turning red. Excellent internal and external colour |
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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) Intermediate resistance: Meloidogyne incognita (Mi) and Meloidogyne javanica (Mj), Alternaria alternata f. sp. lycopersici (Aal) and Stemphylium solani (Ss) |
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MARKETS / END USE |
Processing and fresh market |
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POPULATION GUIDE |
15 000 - 20 000 final stand per ha |
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SPECIAL FEATURES |
Excellent fruit set at high temperatures, very high yield potential |