Kopnezh F1 - new tomato hybrid for fresh consumption and processing

Daniela Ganeva, Galina Pevicharova

Abstract: Hybrid Kopnezh is released by a team at Maritsa Vegetable Crops Research Institute, Plovdiv as a result of hybridization between female line Н 524 and male line Н 537. The hybrid was tested in the Executive Agency for Variety Testing, Field Inspection and Seed Control in 2010 and 2011 and was recognized as a new hybrid by the Expert commission in 2012 and has a certificate №10985/ 31. VІІІ. 2012 issued by the Patent Office of Republic of Bulgaria. Kopnezh F1 is determinate variety for midearly or late production. Fruits are very large, round, flashy, thick, with saturated red color, without cellulose, firm enough and transportable. Kopnezh F1 distinguishes itself by improved content of total
pigments and lycopene. It is suitable for industrial growing according to the mid-early field production technology accepted in Bulgaria for determinate large fruited tomatoes.

Keywords: agro-biological characters; chemical and technological properties; heterosis; sensory analysis; Solanum lycopersicum; tomato

Date published: 2017-08-03