Tomato Varieties Resistant to Diseases that Have Recently Spread
Like human beings, vegetables can also contract diseases. In order to protect vegetables against pathogens
and pests, growers are required to use agricultural chemicals.
In view of such situation Asahi Industries focuses a lot of effort into of research and development of disease resistant vegetable seeds, which
contribute to the overall safety of the vegetables.
Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV) is one of diseases from which tomato growers are recently suffering. If a tomato plant is infected with TYLCV, all other tomato plants in the same field may contract TYLCV. Therefore, once any infected tomato plant is found, it must be removed from the field, which is one of big problems for growers.
Healty stocks
Stocks infected with TYLCV
“animo” is the name of our TYLCV resistent tomato varieties. Being TYLCV resistant enables growers to cultivate a safe and reliable product. Another advantage of “animo” is its taste ; a nice balance of acidity and sweetness.
“animo” was developed by many crosses between varieties resistant to diseases and varieties
of good taste.
“animo” is not genetically modified tomato varieties.
