1. 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
g; round, oblong, square-round
Firmness, long shelf life
Attractive color, taste
Highland/ mid-altitude
Indeterminate
semi-determinate
Late blight, early blight
g, round, square-round
Attractive fruit color, taste

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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.