2026 Research Project List
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Breeding of heat-resistant and high-quality tomato varieties

This project aims to improve production stability and develop superior tomato varieties to meet different sales demands. Building upon the achievements of the previous project, it plans to select heat-resistant, horticulturally superior medium-to-large-fruited tomato hybrids from natural tomato disease nurseries. This year, it is expected to conduct trial crosses between five tomato lines with excellent horticultural traits and large-fruited tomato lines with good quality performance. The heat resistance of materials obtained from the previous year's trial crosses will be evaluated to select superior new tomato varieties.

Figure 1. 10 natural disease nurseries have been collected tomato materials that exhibit resistance to both bacterial wilt and Tomato yellow leaf curl virus.▲Figure 1. 10 natural disease nurseries have been collected tomato materials that exhibit resistance to both bacterial wilt and Tomato yellow leaf curl virus.   Figure 2. 12 trial crosses have been completed with male-sterilizing and pollination.
▲Figure 2. 12 trial crosses have been completed with male-sterilizing and pollination.