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.
Solanum lycopersicum L. var. lycopersicum · Tomato
S.A.I.S. Societa Agricola Italiana Sementi
Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato
Mercier Jean-Claude
Cucumis sativus L. · Cucumber
Jong-Sup Shin
Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato
UNITED GENETICS SEEDS CO
Capsicum annuum L. · Bell pepper
Politechnika Bydgoska im. Jana i Jędrzeja Śniadeckich
Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato
Ali Yuksel
Lilium L. · Lily
KONINKLIJKE VAN ZANTEN B.V.
Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato
Nunhems B.V.
Solanum melongena L. · Eggplant
CORA SEEDS S.R.L
Chrysanthemum L. · Chrysanthemum
PETER WAIN
Raphanus sativus L. var. sativus · Radish
Domaine Public (FR)
Raphanus sativus L. var. sativus · Radish
Orlov Stanislav Dmytrovych, Muzhylko Viktor Valentynovych,
Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato
Kees Reinink
Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato
RIJK ZWAAN Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel B.V.
Cucumis sativus L. · Cucumber
Кees Reinink
hybrids between Solanum lycopersicum L. and S. habrochaites S. Knapp & D.M. Spooner
RIJK ZWAAN Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel B.V.
Daucus carota L. · Carrot
Domaine Public (FR)
Lophomyrtus xralphii (Hook. f.) Burret
Stephen J. Yandall, Susan M. Yandall
Cucumis sativus L. · Cucumber
Yost van den Eiden
Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato
UNITED GENETICS SEEDS CO
Capsicum annuum L. · Bell pepper
RIJK ZWAAN Z.Z. B.V.
Brassica oleracea L. (Brussels Sprouts Group) · Brussels sprouts
Fred Oud
Clusia rosea Jacq.
Edplant B.V.
Alstroemeria L. · Alstroemeria
Van Zanten Breeding B.V.