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Producershaveobservedfast initialdevelopmentandintenseplantvigor
The spring and summer crops in Brazil’s reality have been characterized by heavy rains, which have triggered bacteria outbreaks in a va-
riety of crops, especially tomatoes. Within this climate context, something that captures attention at field observations across different to-
mato growing regions is the high productive potential of the BRS Nagai hybrid, comments agronomic engineer Flávio Pagnan.
The farmers have observed fast initial development and the intense vigor of the plants, with an evident reduction in the use of nitrogen.
Tolerance to bacteria was a determining factor in final production. “The internodes of the plants are short, with a huge amount of bunch-
es, deep red fruits, heavy, of long structural life and great tip performance, where the caliber is maintained”, says Pagnan. “These were the
characteristics mentioned by the tomato growers”.
On the technical side, the agronomist adds, BRS Nagai is tolerant to Verticillium dahliae race 1, Fusarium races 1 and 2, Cladosporium
races 2 and 5, Stemphylium Leaf Blight, Bacterial Speck (PTo), Nematodes, TSWV (Tomato Spotted Wilt), TY (Geminivirus) and ToMV (To-
bacco Mosaic Virus). In organic agriculture, BRS Nagai also showed excellent results. Higher tolerance to diseases and an aggressive and vig-
orous root system have been a factor in the excellent productivity rates per plant achieved by the farmers, with fruits of high market value.
Tomates do ponteiro, emplantação do produtor Itacir Dal Bosco, de Caçador (SC)
Plantação deMarcos Palandi, de Caxias do Sul (RS)
Ronaldo Bertoto, de Caçador (SC)
