OUTSTANDING QUALITIES
- All time favourite
- Reliable and widely adapted
- Excellent colour and flavour
- High resistance to bacterial wilt
Rodade is an adaptable open pollinated, determinate salad tomato. The plants grow to a bush with a height in the region of 100 cm. Fruit have a globe shape, uniform in size and weight around 100 - 150 g. The yield potential of Rodade is high for an open pollinated variety. The leaf canopy is medium dense. Rodade has high resistance to Verticillium wilt race 1 (Vd: 1), Fusarium wilt races 1 and 2 (Fol: 1 - 2) and intermediate resistance against Bacterial wilt race 1 (Rs: 1).
SPECIAL VARIETAL REQUIREMENTS
- Suitable for production for the fresh market.
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CHARACTERISTIC* |
RODADE |
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KIND |
Determinate tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) |
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TYPE |
Determinate salad |
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FIRMNESS |
Good |
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MATURITY |
Medium – late |
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SEASON |
Year round culture in frost-free areas |
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FRUIT WEIGHT |
100 - 150 g |
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FRUIT SHAPE |
Globe |
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ATTACHMENT POINT |
Small, neat |
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FRUIT COLOUR |
Shoulder light green. Good internal and external colour |
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UNIFORMITY |
Good |
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LEAF COVER |
Very good |
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DISEASE REACTION (SCIENTIFIC) |
High resistance: Verticillium dahliae race 1 (Vd: 1), Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici race 1 and 2 (Fol: 1 – 2) Intermediate resistance: Ralstonia solanacearum race 1 (Rs: 1) |
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MARKETS / END USE |
Fresh market |
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POPULATION GUIDE |
10 000 – 16 000 final stand per ha |
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SPECIAL FEATURES |
Trusted variety |