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How to Manage Pests

UC Pest Management Guidelines


Field of ripe processing tomatoes.

Tomato

Variety Selection

(Reviewed 1/07, updated 1/08)

In this Guideline:


Where possible, choose varieties that are resistant to prevalent pathogens and nematodes.

Top 50 varieties by number of loads as for 20071.
Rank2 Variety Disease
resistance3
  Rank2 Variety Disease
resistance3
1 AB 2 VFFP 26 HEINZ 9997 VFFNP
2 HEINZ 9780 VFFNP 27 PS 345 VFFNP
3 HEINZ 9557 VFFNP 28 NEMAPRIDE 113 VFFNP
4 HEINZ 9663 VFFNP 29 U 941 VFFN
5 HEINZ 2401 VFFNP 30 HYPEEL 347 VFFNP
6 SUN 6368 VFFNP 31 HEINZ 1100 VFFNP
7 SUN 6366 VFFNP 32 RPT 1570 VFFNP
8 HYPEEL 303 VFFNP 33 HEINZ 9492 VFN
9 APT 410 VFFNP 34 HM 830 VFFN
10 SUN 6117 VFFN 35 BOS 66509 VFFNP
11 HEINZ 9665 VFFNP 36 HEINZ 9280 VFFNP
12 HALLEY 3155 VFF 37 AB 8058 VFFNP
13 CXD 179 VFFNP 38 HEINZ 9382 VFFNP
14 PETO 849 VFFNP 39 SHASTA VF
15 HEINZ 9491 VFFNP 40 HEINZ 3044 VFFN
16 HEINZ 5003 VFFNP 41 PS 816 VFFNP
17 HEINZ 2601 VFFNP 42 AB 5 VFFNP
18 HEINZ 9995 VFFNP 43 NVH 1570 VFFNP
19 HEINZ 8892 VFFN 44 HMX 4801 VFFNP
20 HEINZ 9494 VFFNP 45 HMX 5893 VFFNP
21 HEINZ 8004 VFFNP 46 BOS 67212 VFFNP
22 U 373 VF 47 BOS S-55 VFFN
23 CXD 187 VFFNP 48 CXD 152 VFF
24 HEINZ 8504 VFFNP 49 SUN 6287 VFFNP
25 HYPEEL 108 VFFNP 50 FM 1115 VFFNP
Unranked varieties with spotted wilt virus resistance.
Variety Disease resistance
HMX 4801 VFFNPSW
U 567 VFFNPSW
UGX 10405 VFFNPSW
DRI 8058 VFFNPSW
KEY:
V = Verticillium wilt (Race 1)
F = Fusarium wilt (Race 1)
FF = Fusarium wilt (Race 1 and 2)
P = bacterial speck (Race 0)
N = root knot nematode
SW = spotted wilt

1 As listed by the Processing Tomato Advisory Board. For more information on varieties, see http://www.ptab.org/ranking10.htm.

2 Ranked by market share (loads inspected in 2007).

3 Disease/nematode resistance information compiled by E. M. Miyao from:

  • Tomato Variety Guides by Timothy, Stewart and Lekos Seeds
  • Ag Seeds Unlimited
  • C. J. Rivara, California Tomato Research Institute
  • Campbell's Seeds
  • Hazera Genetics Limited

Check with seed developer as the final authority. For information about dodder-resistant varieties see SPECIAL WEED PROBLEMS.

PUBLICATION

[UC Peer Reviewed]

UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines: Tomato
UC ANR Publication 3470
General Information
E. M. Miyao, UC Cooperative Extension, Yolo Co.
C. J. Rivara, Calif. Tomato Res. Institute
W. T. Lanini, Weed Science/Plant Sciences, UC Davis

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