WGS Magazine May June 2024

INSV Defense: Breakthrough against INSV with first resistant lettuce varieties

A solution to the Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus (INSV) is finally within reach for lettuce growers. After years of intensive research and breeding, the Dutch vegetable seed company Rijk Zwaan launched two Romaine lettuce varieties for the U.S. market with a resistance to INSV. The varieties are the first in the company’s INSV Defense line and more lettuce varieties coming in the near future.

Read more: www.rijkzwaanusa.com/page/insv-defense

For more information, contact Lettuce Crop Specialist Nathan Peretz at n.peretz@rijkzwaan.com

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