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:
Tomato Rodade is suitable for production for the fresh market.
| Characteristic | Rodade Determinate Salad Tomato |
| Kind | Open pollinated Determinate Salad tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) |
| Type | Determinate salad |
| Firmness | Good |
| Maturity | Medium – late |
| Season | Year round culture in frost-free areas |
| Fruit Weight | 100 – 150 g |
| Fruit Shape | Globe |
| Attachment Point | Small, neat |
| Fruit Colour | Shoulder light green. Very good internal and excellent external colour |
| Uniformity | Good |
| Leaf Cover | Very good |
| Disease Reaction | 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) |
| Poulation Guide | 10 000 – 16 000 final stand per ha |
| End Use | Fresh market |
