Tomato

Varieties And Hybrids

Improved varieties

Sioux

• It is a high yielding American variety with dwarf, spreading and determinate growth habit.
• The fruits are medium to large with whitish green colour when unripe, and uniform red colour on ripening.
• It yields about 250 q/ha.

Pusa Red Plum

• It has been evolved at the IARI by a cross between a cultivated tomato and the wild L .pimpinellifolium.
• It is an early variety suitable for table use.
• The fruits are small, borne in clusters with red colour and high vitamin C and sugar content.
• The plants are tall, with determinate growth habit, vigorous and high yielding.

Pusa Early Dwarf

• It is an early and hardy variety evolved at IARI. The plants are medium and determinate.
• The fruits are medium-sized, lobed, and uniformly red when ripe and yield 330 q/ha around Bangalore.
• Some other varieties like 'Sel-120' and 'Sel-152' have been recently recommended by IARI.

Co-1

• The new variety was recommended by the former Department of Agriculture, Tamil Nadu, for the state.
• The plant is dwarf having semi-spreading habit with dark-green foliage.
• The fruits are round and smooth, pale green when unripe and capsicum red when fully ripe.
• The fruits are borne in cluster of 6 to 8, each weighing about 125 g. It yields an average of 380 q/ha.

CO 2

• It is a selection from a Russian introduction. It is an indeterminate variety.
• The fruits are flat with 4-5 furrows.
• Each fruit weighs on an average 55-60 g.
• Ripe fruits are deep orange red in colour, its duration is 140 days and the yield is 28-30 tonnes/ha.

CO 3 (Marutham)

• It is an induced mutant from Co 1; a determinate type suitable for close planting even as close as 30 cm x 30 cm.
• Fruits are round in shape with four light grooves and capsicum red in colour.
• It is a cluster bearing type capable of yielding as high as 40 tonnes/ha under a close spacing in a duration of 100-105 days.

S-12

• The Punjab Agricultural University recommended the new round-fruited variety as a high-yielding variety for the State of Punjab.
• It has been developed through irradiation.

Punjab Chhuhara

• Medium-Size, pear-shaped fruit and a high-yielding variety released by the Punjab Agricultural University.
• 'Sweet-72'. Developed at the Regional Agricultural Research Institute, Gwalior.
• It is a cross between 'Rusa red plum' and 'Sioux'.
• It bears round, scarlet red, sweet fruits.
• Yield is about 200 q/ha.

PKM 1

• This is another induced mutant from a local variety called Annanji.
• The fruits are flat-round with prominent green shoulder and capsicum red colour.
• It is suitable for long distance transport.
• It yields about 30-35 tonnes/ha in a crop duration of 135 days.

Pusa Ruby

• It is an indeterminate variety suitable for irrigated and also rainfed cultivation.
• The fruits are flat, medium in size with 7-8 furrows and capsicum red in colour.
• It yields about 25-30 tonnes/ha.

Paiyur-1

• This variety was evolved by crossing Pusa Ruby and CO 3.
• It is also suitable for rainfed cultivation.
• It yields about 30 tonnes/ha.

Arka Saurabh

• Developed by Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore, it is a high-yielding variety exhibiting 30-35% higher yield than "Pusa Ruby'.
• It is semi-determinate, bears very firm, deep red, medium-sized fruits with smooth skin and thick flesh.
• The fruits are round with nipple tip.
• It has very good transport and keeping quality, 8-10 days at room temperature amongst the round-fruited varieties.
• It has an excellent blend of sugar and acidity and is very suitably both for fresh and processing purposes particularly for ketchup and juice-making.

Arka Vikas

• Another high-yielding variety with large-sized, oblate, medium firm fruits.
• It is suitable for fresh market.

Arka Ahuti (Sel.11)

• It is pureline selection from 'Ottawa-60' developed at IIHR, Bangalore.
• Plants are semi-determinate with a duration of 135 days.
• The fruits are oblong, thick fleshed, bilocular and uniform ripening.
• The fruits have a TSS of 5.25% with an acidity of 0.35%.
• It has an yield potential of 45 tonnes/ha.

Arka Ashish (IHR 674 SBSB)

• Developed at IIHR, Bangalore.
• It is an improvement over UC83 B from California.
• The plants are determinate with concentrated fruit maturity.
• The fruits are uniform ripening, very firm, bilocular, oval and the ripened fruits store well on the vine.
• It is tolerant to powdery mildew.
• The colour is excellent (Lycopene 10 mg/100g), TSS is 4.8% and with low acidity (0.35%), it makes excellent ketchup, juice and puree.
• It yields 35 tonnes/ha. in 130 days.

Arka Abha (BWR-1)

• This is from line selection (IHR 638-12) from a SSD derived line got from AVRDC, Taiwan (VC8-1-2-1).
• The semi determinate vines bear oblate fruits with an average fruit weight of 75 g with light green shoulder.
• It is resistant to bacterial wilt and is capable of yielding 25 tonnes/ha. in 135 days.

Arka Alok (BWR-5)

• It is also a bacterial wilt resistant variety developed through pure line selection (IHR 719-1/6) out of an accession (CL114-5-1-0) from AVRDC, Taiwan developed at IIHR, Bangalore.
• The plant habit is determinate with a duration of 125 days.
• The fruit weighs on an average of 100 g and is square round in shape, thick fleshed with light green shoulder.
• It has an yield potential of 35 tonnes/ha.

Shakthi

• This was developed at College of Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellanikkara.
• It is resistant to bacterial wilt disease. It has an yield potential 0f 30 tonnes/ha.

HS101

• Developed at Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar by hybridization (Sel 2-3 X Exotic culture) and selecting in the segregating progenies.
• The plants are determinate, dwarf, fruit medium sized, round, borne in cluster of 2-3, juicy, suitable for winter season for northern region.

HS102

• Developed at HAU, Hisar by selecting from the segregating progenies of the cross S12 X Pusa Early Dwarf.
• It is an early variety with concentrated flowering and fruiting.
• Fruits medium to small, round, juicy, thin pericarp, recommended for cultivation in Haryana.

HS110

• A late variety developed at HAU, Hisar through selection from an exotic line; plants are determinate, potato leaved, fruits are large, smooth, fleshy with jointless pedicel suitable for table purpose. Recommended for cultivation in Haryana.

Hisar Arun (Sel-7)

• Developed at HAU, Hisar, by hybridization and selection from a cross Pusa Early Dwarf X K1.
• Extremely early and high yielding, plants are determinate, dwarf in stature with concentrated flowering and fruiting; fruits medium to large, round, deep red, recommended for cultivation in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa and Maharashtra.

Hisar Lalima (Sel-18)

• Developed from the segregating population of a cross Pusa Early Dwarf X HS101 at HAU, Hisar.
• An early variety. Plants are determinate, leaves have deep cut, fruits are round, large, fleshy, high yielding.

Hisar Lalit (NRT 8)

• Developed at HAU, Hisar by bybridization and selection from a cross HS101 X Resistant Bangalore.
• The plants are semi-determinate, early with round medium to large fruits, resistant to root-knot nematode.
• Recommended for cultivation in root-knot nematode infested area.

Hisar Anmol (H24)

• It is a variety showing field resistance to tomato leaf curl virus. Developed at HAU, Hisar through selection from the cross Hisar Arun X L.hirsutum f.glabratum.
• Plants are determinate, fruits medium in size, round, red and fleshy.

KS.2

• An early variety developed at Kalyanpur, Kanpur; plants determinate, fruits flattis round, slightly furrowed with green stem end.

SL 120

• It was developed at IARI, New Delhi.
• Plants are semi-determinate, fruits are large, round, fleshy, less acidic and less seeded.
• This variety is resistant to root-knot nematode.

Pusa Gaurav

• It was developed at IARI, New Delhi. The plants have cut leaves with light green colour.
• Fruits are yellowish red, smooth, oblong, bilocular, uniform ripening, good for processing and long distant transport

S 12

• Developed at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. Plants are dwarf bushy, vigorous; fruits medium sized, compressed, round, uniform red at maturity, juice and acidic.

Pant Bahar (AC 238)

• Developed at Govinda Ballaba Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pant Nagar.
• Plants are bushy, branched, light green foliage, small leaflets, flattish round medium sized fruits, slightly ridged.

Pant T3

• Another variety developed through pure line selection at G.B.Pant University, Pant Nagar.
• Plants are semi-determinate, stem thick, round, hairy.
• Suitable for winter season, fruits medium, round and smooth.
• Recommended for Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa and Maharashtra.

Narendra Tomato 1 (NDT 5)

• Developed at Narendra Dev Agricultural University, Narendra Nagar, Faizabad through a selection from Exotic genotype (EC 130041).
• Plants are indeterminate, fruits large in size (85-110 g/fruit), round, smooth with uniform red colour at maturity, less juice, fleshy, suitable for table purpose and processing.
• Released by the Uttar Pradesh state variety release committee in 1996.

Narendra Tomato 2 (NDT 120)

• Another variety developed at Narendra Dev Agricultural University from an exoctic line EC 119201.
• Plants are determinate with medium sized round fruits having a slightly pointed stigmatic end, pericarp thick.
• Average fruit weight 55-75 g, good for transport and processing.

Solan Gola

• Developed at Y.S.Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, Himachal Pradesh.

Arka Meghali

• It is a new high yielding tomato variety developed at IIHR, Bangalore through pedigree method of selection from a cross between Arka Vikas and IHR 554 specifically suited for rainfed cultivation.
• Under rainfed situation it recorded on an average 17.2 tonnes/ha compared to 10.9 tonnes/ha by Pusa Ruby.
• The individual fruit weight is 63 g.
• It has more thick and firm flesh than Pusa Ruby.

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F1 hybrids

Arka Vishal (FM Hybrid-1)

• This indeterminate hybrid is the F1 hybrid between IHR 837-6 and IHR 932.
• The average fruit weight is around 140 g.
• The fruits are green shouldered, round, firm, deep red on repining, tolerant to fruit cracking with good shelf life (13 days).
• It yields 75 tonnes in 160 days.

Arka Vardan (FM Hybrid-2)

• This indeterminate hybrid has its parents IHR 550-3 and IHR 932.
• It is resistant to nematodes and is suited for fresh market.
• It has an average fruit weight of 140 g with oblate fruits, thick fleshed, green shouldered, deep red with a shelf life of 13 days at room temperature yielding 75 tonnes/ha in 160 days.

Pusa Hybrid 1

• It was developed at IARI, New Delhi.
• The plants are determinate with medium sized (63 g), smooth, round, firm, red fruits and with uniform ripening.
• The inner flesh colour is orange red.
• It has an added advantage of providing tomato fruits from June to mid July, the lean period in North India as it tolerates high temperature (upto 23^oC night temperature).
• The yield during high temperature stress condition was 32 tonner/ha against no fruit set in Pusa Ruby.

Pusa Hybrid 2

• Another F₁ hybrid developed at IARI, New Delhi with compact semi-determinate plants; highly suitable as spring-summer crop in the Central Gangetic plains, as summer crop in Western Himalayas and autumn crop in the arid zones.
• Mid October-December is ideal time for sowing in north Indian plains.
• The fruits are medium in size round to flattish round in shape with red skin, orange red flesh and uniform ripening.
• It is also highely tolerant to nematodes.
• It has a potential yield of 60-70 tonnes/ha.

COTH 1 Hybrid Tomato

• This was developed at the Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.
• Coimbatore by crossing IHR 709 and LE 812. It is a determinate F1 hybrid requiring minimum staking.
• The fruits are round to slightly oblong each weighing 50 g with deep red skin and thick flesh and borne in clusters of 4-5.
• The juice is acidic rendering the fruits for use in culinary preparation unlike the most of the hybrids developed by a number of private firms which lack acidity and hence used mostly for salad.
• The plants can be planted at a spacing of 60 X 45 cm.
• The estimated yield is 96 tonnes/ha in a crop duration of 110-115 days after transplanting.

BRH-1 and BRH-2 (Arka Abhijit Arka Shresta)

• These two determinate F1 hybrids were developed at IIHR, Bangalore with a high degree of resistance to bacterial wilt and potential yield of 63.7 tonnes/ha and 68.5 tonnes/ha respectively with better fruit weight (70 g).

Rashmi

• It is a determinate F1 hybrid developed by Indo-American Hybrid Seeds Company, Bangalore.
• The fruits are slightly oblong, deep red, each weighing 55-60 g. The average yield is 2.5 kg/plant.

Vaishali

• It is a determinate F1 hybrid developed by Indo-American Hybrid Seeds Company, Bangalore.
• Fruits are round and dark red in colour, firm, capable of yielding 50-60 tonnes/ha.

Rupali

• Another Indo-American determinate hybrid with an yield potential of 60-70 tonnes/ha.
• The fruits are oblong in shape with prominent nipple (styler end) and deep red in colour.

Naveen

• It is an indeterminate F1 hybrid of Indo-American Hybrid Seeds Company with an yield potential of 60-70 tonnes/ha.
• The fruits are oblong in shape with narrow base and slightly broadened tip.

Avinash 2

• It is an F1 hybrid developed by Novartis. Fruits are round, smooth, dark red with thick skin.
• Suitable for long distance transport.
• Each fruit weighs 60-100 g.
• Fruits have a shelf life of 10-15 days.
• It has an yield potential of 120 tonnes/ha.
• The plants require a spacing of 75 X 75 cm.
• Staking with a strong bamboo pole of 180 cm height is necessary.

MTH 4

• It was developed by the Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company (MAHYCO).
• The fruits are round with shining red colour. Each fruit weighs 100-200 g.
• It has an yield potential of 75-80 tonnes/ha.

Sadabahar

• This is another determinate F1 hybrid developed by Mahyco.
• Fruits have squarish shape and thick skin which is very useful for packing and despatching to long destination.
• The fruits are dark red in colour and with green shoulder.
• Yield potential is 90 tonnes/ha.

Gulmohar

• A determinate F1 hybrid of Mahyco. Fruits are square, firmer than Sadabahar.
• It yields 90-100 tonnes/ha.

Sonali

• A determinate F1 hybrid with oblong fruits.
• The average fruit weight is 85 g; fruits have a TSS of 3.0-3.5° brix.
• It has an yield potential 75-80 tonnes/ha.

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