Cultivation
Protected cultivation involves the use of specialized varieties and hybrids adapted to the specific microclimate of greenhouses, hotbeds, and controlled-environment agriculture systems.
Mentioned in descriptions 24 262 varieties reference book.
Protected cultivation comprises a system of structures ranging from simple film shelters to high-tech greenhouses with automated climate control. Plants in such conditions develop under different levels of lighting, humidity, and temperature regimes, as well as in limited root zone volumes, which requires the selection of genetically adapted material, predominantly F1 hybrids.
The choice of a variety for closed environments depends on the crop's ability to develop fully under artificial lighting, its growth type, and compatibility with cultivation technologies, including substrate-based systems. Variety assessment is based on morphological traits, productivity, and the conformity of fruit characteristics to requirements for marketability, keeping quality, and transportability.
The resistance and high productivity of greenhouse varieties are driven by breeding for immunity to specific pathogens, such as powdery mildew, various types of wilts, viruses, and bacterial infections. Additional critical traits include parthenocarpy, which ensures fruit set without pollination, and the ability to control the balance between generative development and sugar accumulation.
Selection based on the description text, not official resistance ratings: such data is not available in registers. Mention indicates that the trait is discussed in the variety's sources; see the variety's profile for details on what is specifically stated.
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai · Watermelon
PETOSEED CO
Capsicum annuum L. · Bell pepper
WESTLAND SEEDS B.V.
Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato
Seminis Vegetable Seeds
Capsicum annuum L. · Bell pepper
INTERSEMILLAS SAU
Solanum lycopersicum x Solanum pimpinellifolium · Tomato
Multi Tohum San. Tic. A.S.
Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato
TOMATECH R&D ISRAEL L.T.D.
Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato
Monsanto Vegetable IP Management B.V.
Anethum graveolens L. · Dill
PlantiCo Hodowla i Nasiennictwo Ogrodnicze Golebiew sp. z o.o.
Rhododendron simsii Planch. · Indica azalea
RANNACKER KARSTEN
Cucumis melo L. · Melon
Clause Tezier, FR
Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato
Axia Vegetable Seeds B.V.
Capsicum annuum L. · Bell pepper
Westland Seeds B.V.
Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato
Syngenta Crop Protection AG
Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato
Takii and Co Ltd (JP)
Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato
Terzie Portes-Les-Valence (FR)
Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato
RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
Capsicum annuum L. · Bell pepper
MERIDIEM SEEDS S.L.
Gerbera jamesonii Bolus ex Hook. f. · Barberton daisy
Florist De Kwakel B.V. Gerbera Kulturen
Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato
Eminent seeds B.V.
Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato
Syngenta Seeds B.V.
Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato
Axia NL B.V.
Capsicum annuum L. · Bell pepper
Westland Seeds B.V.
Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato
Gautier Semences SAS (FR)
Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato
Syngenta Crop Protection AG