Title: `Mountain Supreme' Early Blight-resistant Hybrid Tomato and Its Parents, NC EBR-3 and NC EBR-4
Abstract:Additional index words.Lycopersicon esculentum, Alternaria solani EBR-3 (28% ± 9%) and NC EBR-4 (19% ± 5%) showed significantly less (P = 0.05) defoliation than did 'Flora-Dade' (74% ± 8%).NC EBR-3 is...Additional index words.Lycopersicon esculentum, Alternaria solani EBR-3 (28% ± 9%) and NC EBR-4 (19% ± 5%) showed significantly less (P = 0.05) defoliation than did 'Flora-Dade' (74% ± 8%).NC EBR-3 is highly resistant to the stem lesion phase of early blight (Table 2).In addition to early blight resistance, NC EBR-3 is resistant (I and I-2 genes) to races 1 and 2 of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.lycopersici (Sacc.)Snyd.and Hans., and resistant (Ve gene) to race 1 of Verticillium dahliae Kleb.Fruit are highly resistant to radial and concentric cracking and to weather check (fine cuticle cracks).NC EBR-4.The plant type of NC EBR-4 is determinate (sp) with dense foliage cover.Fruit are deep oblate and symmetrical and have a small blossom scar.Nonripe fruit are uniformly light green (u).Fruit pedicels are jointed.NC EBR-4 is later in maturity, similar in fruit weight and nongraded yield, and higher in yield of U.S. combination grade fruit than is 'Flora-Dade' (Table 1).Read More