Variety Selection

Where needed, choose varieties that are resistant to prevalent pathogens and nematodes. Check with the seed developer as the final authority.

Top 50 varieties by number of loads in 2012¹

Rank2	Variety	Disease resistance3		Rank2	Variety	Disease resistance3
1	SUN 6366	VFFNP		26	H 2601	VFFNP
2	H 8504	VFFNP		27	PX 650	VFFNP
3	AB 2	VFFP		28	UG 18806	VFFNP
4	H 5608	VFFNPSW		29	H 5701	VFFNP
5	H 2401	VFFNP		30	PX 002	VFFNSW
6	H 9780	VFFNP		31	BOS 67212	VFFNP
7	H 3402	VFFNP		32	BOS 66509	VFFNP
8	H 5508	VFFNPSW		33	NUN 6397	VFFN
9	CXD 187	VFFNP		34	H 9665	VFFNP
10	H 9663	VFFNP		35	H 5003	VFFNP
11	H 4707	VFFNP		36	UG 19006	VFFNP
12	H 1015	VFFNP		37	CXD 282	VFFFNP
13	APT 410	VFFNP		38	UG 19306	VFFNP
14	BQ 205	VFFNP		39	HM 7883	VFFNP
15	SUN 6368	VFFNP		40	NUN 6385	VFFNSW
16	CXD 255	VFFNP		41	HYPEEL 108	VFFNP
17	UG 19406	VFFNP		42	HM 9905	VFFN
18	AB 3	VFFNP		43	SHASTA	VF
19	HYPEEL 849	VFFNP		44	AB 0311	VFFNPSW
20	NUN 6394	VFFNPSW		45	HEINZ 9494	VFFNP
21	BQ 206	VFFNP		46	HALLEY 3155	VFF
22	BQ 163	VFFNP		47	BQ 204	VFFNP
23	H 8004	VFFNP		48	SUN 6117	VFFN
24	U 373	VF		49	NUN 6404	VFFNPSW
25	H 9491	VFFNP		50	HM 7885	VFN

Unranked varieties with tomato spotted wilt resistance	Unranked varieties with dodder tolerance	Unranked varieties with Fusarium wilt Race 3 resistance
DRI 319 DRI 320 N 6398 N 6402 N 6407	H 9492 H 9553 H 9888 H 9997 N H 1100	CXD 242 CXD 316 HM 4802 AB 0306 PX 299

V	=	Verticillium wilt (Race 1)		P	=	bacterial speck (Race 0)
F	=	Fusarium wilt (Race 1)		N	=	root-knot nematode
FF	=	Fusarium wilt (Race 1 and 2)		SW	=	tomato spotted wilt
FFF	=	Fusarium wilt (Race 1, 2, and 3)
1	As listed by the Processing Tomato Advisory Board. For more information on varieties, see http://www.ptab.org/11032012_top50.xls (XLS download).
2	Ranked by market share (loads inspected in 2012).
3	Disease/nematode resistance information compiled by E. M. Miyao from: Tomato Variety Guides by Timothy, Stewart & Lekos Seeds and Ag Seeds Unlimited.