WorldVeg Product Profile: Fresh Market Tomato Type Plant habit Disease resistance/ stress tolerance Fruit traits Tropical lowland Determinate/ semi-determinate High temperature fruit-set (heat tolerance) Tomato yellow leaf curl disease (TYLCD) Bacterial wilt 60-120 g; round, oblong, square-round Firmness, long shelf life Attractive color, taste Highland/ mid-altitude Indeterminate semi-determinate Late blight, early blight 100-200 g, round, square-round Attractive fruit color, taste

Dual Purpose Tropical Tomato Trait Value Solids (°brix) ≥ 4.5 Color (a/b) ≥ 2.0 (use carotenoid genes crimson-old gold (ogc) and high pigment (hp-1) Lycopene (mg/100 g) ≥ 10.0 Fruit Acid <4.5 Fruit/ Plant Firm, uniform ripening Determinate, compact plant requiring little, no staking Stress tolerances Bacterial wilt, TYLCD, foliar diseases; moderate heat tolerance

CLN3900C-23 Dual Purpose Tomato Ty-3+Ty-2 (TYLCD), Bwr-12 (bacterial wilt) I2 (race 2 Fusarium wilt pathogen), Mi (root-knot nematode) crimson (ogc) gene (a/b=2.35) brix°= 4.8, % citric acid=0.35 Average fruit weight=108 g Plant habit: semi-determinate

CLN3961 Dual Purpose Tomato First WorldVeg tomato lines combining crimson (ogc) gene and hp-1 Ty-3 +Ty-2 (TYLCD), Bwr-12 (bacterial wilt), Sm Determinate habit requires little, no staking Moderate TYLCD symptom severity Excellent firmness + 60% greater lycopene, beta-carotene, and 150% higher vitamin C versus “normal” tomato according to WorldVeg Nutrition tests hp-1 produces dark green foliage & compact plant

Future Activities in Benin/West Africa Setting Up Establish basic facilities at IITA-Cotonou (field, greenhouse, lab) Hire/train research staff Introduce best WorldVeg lines, hybrids, accessions into Benin, other countries Tough phytosanitary regulations in some African countries Understand the Tomato/Vegetable Situation Stakeholder needs, production problems, priorities Discussions with NARS, seed companies, universities, farmer groups Identify and promote high potential tomato lines and hybrids Multilocation trials in Benin/West Africa conducted Identify partners to conduct vegetable trials Training in vegetable trial management if required Establish Vegetable Breeding Consortium, conduct field days Identify Potential Seed Scaling Partners Seed companies, farmers’ groups Identify suitable environments in Africa for vegetable seed production

Thanks for your Attention There is substantial evidence worldwide to show that vegetables can increase farmer income and can provide moreover a rapid rate of return to investment far exceeding traditional cereal production.