Fresh Market Tomato Breeding Program

Dilip R. Panthee, Ph.D.

Tomato Breeder and Assistant Professor
Horticultural Science

Randolph R. Gardner, Ph.D., Retired

Cultivars and Breeding Lines Released

Sixteen named cultivars and nineteen breeding lines have been released from the program (See 'Restrictions Pertaining to Cultivar and Breeding Line Releases'). Descriptions of the releases are available by mail on request. Also, descriptions are available in the HortScience articles listed in the publications section. Most of the named cultivars have been released on an exclusive basis to a single seed company for seed production and sales. Royalties from seed sales come back to NC State University with a portion being used to support the breeding program.

Trial samples of all cultivars and breeding lines are available at no charge to interested tomato breeders. The three most recently released lines (NC EBR-7, NC EBR-8, and NC 1rinEC) require completion of a Seed Transfer Agreement prior to seed being sent. Other lines are available on request without a written agreement. However, many of the lines require a Hybrid Parental Use Agreement, with royalties paid, for use as parents in hybrids for commercial seed production and sales.

The program cooperates with public and private breeders worldwide. Breeders seeking to develop experimental hybrids with traits present in non-released NCSU breeding lines can obtain pollen through a Pollen Transfer Agreement. Pollen transfer can be followed by seed transfer through the Parental Use Agreement for hybrids to be commercially produced and sold.

Lines Requiring a Seed Transfer Agreement

Lines Available Through a Pollen Transfer Agreement

Dilip R. Panthee, Ph.D
Randolph G. Gardner, Ph.D.
Mountain Horticultural Crops Research & Extension Center
455 Research Drive
Mills River, NC 28759
Phone: 828.684.3562 ~ Fax: 828.684.8715
Email: dilip_panthee@ncsu.edu
Email: randy_gardner@ncsu.edu

Web Crafter: Anne S. Napier ~ Email: anne_napier@ncsu.edu

Updated February 15, 2006