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Lettuce

 

Latin name: Lactuca sativa L.

 

Variety Tested under # Maturity Plant type Heads Disease resistance Remarks
Leaves Color HR IR
Batavia varieties
Caipira TT-0012 Mid-early Batavia type, medium size Smooth, finely curled Dark green Bl: 1-26;28,32/Nr:0/TBSV LMV:1 Attractive variety that can be produced yearround in open field and on hydroponics. Good tolerance to bolting and internal tipburn.
Noisette TT-0103 Mid-late Batavia type, medium large size Finely curled Mid green Bl:1-17, 21, 23, 32 LMV:1 Produces heads with fine curled leaves. Upright growth habit. Suitable for production in open field and on hydroponics
Iceberg varieties
PL002 TT-0236 Early to Mid-early Iceberg type, medium to large size Smooth, strong wrappers Dark green TBSV Suited for open field production. Excellent head quality, strong against tipburn and basal rot
PL004 TT-0022 Early Iceberg type, medium size Smooth, strong wrappers Dark green TBSV Suited for open field production and production on hydroponics. Excellent quality heads.
Lollo varieties
Ilema TT-0016 Early Lollo Bionda type, spreading loose leaf type for cutting. Fine to medium sized curled Dark green Bl:16-33; Nr:0; Pb; TBSV LMV:1 Suitable for open field production and production on hydroponics.
Tuska TT-0017 Early Lollo Rossa type, large spreading loose leaf type for cutting. Finely curled Cherry red Bl:1-26, 28, 32; Nr:0 Reliable producer, yearround in open field and on hydroponics
        
Romaine varieties
PL006 TT-0235 Mid-late Romaine, medium size. Smooth Medium-dark green Bl:1-16, 18-20, 22-24, 27-28, 30-32; TBSV Good bolting and tip burn tolerance.
PL008 TT-0234 Mid-late Romaine, small to medium size with open plant habit. Smooth Dark green Bl:1-16, 18-20, 22-24, 27-28, 30-32; TBSV Good bolting and tip burn tolerance.
Oakleaf varieties
Cadix TT-0034 Mid-early Red Oakleaf Smooth, round with a green base Shiny red Bl:16-33; Nr:0; TBSV LMV:1 Strong against basal rot.
Vizir TT-0033 Early Large framed green Oakleaf Smooth Fresh green Bl:16-28, 30-32; Nr:0 LMV:1 Good bolting tolerance.

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Disclaimer

In cases where specific races or strains of resistances are not noted, the variety is resistant or tolerant to some, but not necessarily all known races or strains of the pathogen.

We have exercised the utmost care compiling these variety descriptions. For the Nigerian market we made some adjustments in the original descriptions from our suppliers based on results in our trials at Kano. For all details on varieties listed, including latest information on resistances, please refer to the websites of our suppliers Enza Zaden (www.enzazaden.com), Majstro Seeds (www.majstroseeds.com) and Pop Vriend Vegetable Seeds (www.popvriendvegetableseeds.com).

Explanation of disease resistance “HR” and “IR”, used codes and acronyms can be found here.

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