Under the slogan “Cultivando el Futuro” (Cultivating the Future), Intersemillas wants to emphasise its concern and interest in the creation of more efficient varieties, for the farmers, the market, and for the end consumers.
Cultivating the Future: a Commitment to Sustainability and Innovation
Farming, as the first link in the food chain, plays an essential role, particularly when consumers are increasingly demanding healthy foods, produced sustainably.
The rapid, constant growth of the population involves risks. Unsuitable farming practices can cause erosion and soil impoverishment, excessive or incorrect use of agrochemicals, and mismanagement of water resources. These factors mean a serious deterioration of the land, threatening the sustainability of the agricultural production.
At Intersemillas, they acknowledge that today is the time to be thinking about the future. For this reason, at Fruit Attraction, they will present their crop varieties developed using the latest research. They focus on creating products with resistance to diseases and adapted to different climates and soils, using innovative technologies to contribute to a sustainable future.
Star Tomatoes: “Our research makes them shine”
Intersemillas’ tomatoes are the result of intense research and development. Varieties that do not only stand out for their flavour and quality, but they also become the best allies for controlling ToBRFV. Innovation is the key for cultivating the future; therefore they are presenting four tomato varieties that are resistant to ToBRFV, with excellent plant health.
- Vine tomatoes: Doña Jimena and Mesnada stand out for their good setting in hot weather conditions, earliness and excellent postharvest, thanks to their deep red fruit and high consistency. The difference between the two lies in the plant hardiness and the calibre: Doña Jimena offers M-G calibre fruit, while Mesnada maintains an M calibre.
- Plum tomato Alcaraz: Ideal for exports, Alcaraz stands out for its homogenous, M calibre fruit throughout the cycle, with excellent yield both at high and low temperatures. This variety competes with the market leaders, due to its high quality and triple resistance.
- Pink beefsteak tomato Peñarroya: Adapted to both cold and hot conditions, Peñarroya produces G-GG calibre, homogenous and uniform fruit on each vine, with excellent closure.
These varieties have a complete resistance package (Triple protection: TYLCV, Spotted, and ToBRFV) and they are designed to offer solid solutions to today’s challenges for tomato growing.
“Exploring new horizons” with Italian Sweet Peppers
Productivity and efficiency are their top priorities. The Italian Sweet peppers Nabone, Popeye, Dreamer, and Udine are designed to maximise the yield, adapting to different crop environments and to market requirements. These peppers do not merely offer high quality, they are also prepared to resist different diseases and weather conditions.
- Nabone: An ideal variety both for open-air and greenhouse cultivation. The plant is hardy, healthy and extremely productive. Its fruit are very long (23-24 cm), straight, without accordion folds and with smooth skin. When they are ripe, they change from a medium green to a deep red, which guarantees an excellent appearance on the market.
- Popeye: Designed for open-air growing, Popeye produces long fruit, deep green, with a wide diameter and a thick wall that gives it great weight and high productivity. The plant has a medium hardiness and the fruit has rough skin, with a gentle accordion fold at the neck and without any stem cleft.
- Dreamer: This variety stands out for its pointed end and smooth skin. With fruit that are around 19-20 cm long and 5 cm in diameter, Dreamer is a hardy plant, suitable for spring-summer crops. It also has resistance to TSWV.
- Udine: Particularly indicated for winter cultivation in greenhouses and also in the open-air, Udine has straight fruit, around 20-21 cm in length, 4cm in diameter, with an average weight of 130 g. It stands out for its resistance to TSWV and its excellent behaviour against powdery mildew. Its skin has a medium roughness, and its medium green colour when ripe guarantees an attractive product for the market.
At Intersemillas, they continue “Exploring new horizons” to offer the best of each harvest, combining innovation, resistance and productivity in each of their varieties. They are also widening these horizons with an ambitious improvement project in this type of pepper, incorporating advanced resistances to L4 and TSWV, guaranteeing varieties that are even more hardy and efficient for the future.
