Participatory varietal selection in tomato crop
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of Solanum lycopersicum L. species, adapted to their farm
agro-ecological characteristics, requires them to have available
methodological tools to perform these tasks efficiently and
qualitatively. To face this demand, results from research studies
performed in the areas of INCA, San José de las Lajas, Havana
province, and INIVIT, Camagüey province, must be taken into
account, besides other works that were also carried out in
«Juan Benito Ruiz» CCS, Batabanó. In the first case,
comparative yield trials were conducted, as it was established
by traditional plant breeding, whereas in the second one, some
agro-biodiversity fairs were celebrated, as one of the tools
from the new improvement methods known as participatory
plant breeding. Trial results were compared with those from
the fairs, in which Mara cv. and lines 1, 35 and 44 showed good
performances in the comparative test and were among the most
selected ones in the agro-biodiversity fair from Havana;
however, line 43 did not show good performance in the
comparative test, but it obtained the highest vote number in
the fair. Lignon, Campbell-28, C-28 and Tropical-V varieties
achieved the greatest values in the comparative test of
Camaguey; nevertheless, just Lignon was the most selected
one in the fair, surpassed by line 38 and equal to line 43 in the
amount of votes. These results prove that final tomato varietal
selection must be done by producers in their own farms.
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