Skip to main content

Bluesbrother RZ

By

Rijk Zwaan

Hybrid Greenhouse Cucumber

  • Spring, summer and autumn type with excellent powdery mildew resistance
  • Fruit are dark green and well filled
  • Fruit length approx. 35cm on average
  • Very high yield potential
  • Grown commercially in New Zealand in a range of conditions
  • Resistances: HR CGMMV/Cca/Ccu/Px (ex Sf)
    IR CMV/CVYV.

Additional comments and cultural notes
Disease Resistance Key:
HR = High Resistance IR = Intermediate Resistance
CGMMV = Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus
Cca = Corynespora cassiicola Target spot
Ccu = Cladisporium cucumerinum Scab
Px (exSf) = Podosphaeria xanthii (ex Sphaerotheca fuliginea)
Powdery mildew
CMV = Cucumber mosaic virus
CVYV = Cucumber vein yellowing virus

Winmar RZ

By

Rijk Zwaan

Hybrid Greenhouse Cucumber

  • Highly productive variety for autumn and winter
  • Naturally open and generative plant
  • High fruit quality
  • Fruit length 30-35cm with an average of 32cm
  • Grown commercially in New Zealand
  • Resistances: HR Cca/Ccu IR Px (ex Sf).

Additional comments and cultural notes
Disease Resistance Key:
HR = High Resistance IR = Intermediate Resistance
Cca = Corynespora cassiicola Target spot
Ccu = Cladisporium cucumerinum Scab
Px (exSf) = Podosphaeria xanthii (ex Sphaerotheca fuliginea)
Powdery mildew

Avital RZ

By

Rijk Zwaan

Hybrid Greenhouse Chilli

  • Productive and easy to grow in New Zealand greenhouses
  • Good vigour and a high percentage of straight fruit
  • Fruit can be harvested red or green
  • Always pungent
  • Fruit size approx. 12-15cm in length
  • Resistances: HR PVY:0,1,1.2/Tm:0-3
    IR Lt/Ma/Mi/Mj.

Additional comments and cultural notes
Disease Resistance Key:
HR = High Resistance IR = Intermediate Resistance
PVY = Potato Potyvirus Y
Tm:0-3 = Tobacco mosaic tobamovirus Group 0-3
Lt = Powdery mildew Leveillula taurica
Ma = Meloidogyne arenaria Root-knot nematode
Mi = Meloidogyne incognita Root-knot nematode
Mj = Meloidogyne javanica Root-knot nematode.

Larsson RZ

By

Rijk Zwaan

Hybrid Broccoli

  • Smooth dome shaped heads with medium to fine bead size and dark green colour
  • Uniform head shape and maturity with high cut-out percentages
  • Few stem leaves for easy harvesting and stripping
  • Medium stem size with strong tolerance against hollow stem
  • Average head weights approx. 350-450g
  • Strong against head rot in wet winter conditions
  • Medium size plants with good vigour
  • Versatile variety with a wide harvest window from summer to winter in most areas.

Charbell RZ

By

Rijk Zwaan

Hybrid Chard

  • Suitable for baby-leaf production in most areas
  • Strong hybrid vigour in winter
  • Holds very well in summer
  • Red veined stems and bright green leaves
  • High yields
  • Very strong against leaf diseases.

Kaiser RZ

By

RZ 30

Tomato and Aubergine Rootstock

Good vigour combined with a generative steer that makes your crop easy to balance, more productive and cheaper to manage. Used in Australia, northern Europe and New Zealand for specialty tomatoes and aubergines with success. Resistances: HR ToMV:0-2/Fol:0,1/For/Pl/Va:0/Vd:0 IR Ma/Mi/Mj.

Arancia RZ

By

RZ 30
This orange blocky pepper is a shorter plant than most orange varieties. Good fruit quality and yield. Average fruit weight 210g. Resistances: HR Tm0-3 IR:TSWV

Cencibel RZ

By

Rijk Zwaan

Lollo rossa Lettuce

  • Triple red coral type
  • Flexible leaves with dark red colour
  • Slow bolting
  • Wide Downy Mildew resistance package
  • Disease Resistance HR Bl:29-32, 34, 36, 39, 40EU/Fol:4/Nr:0.

Additional comments and cultural notes
Disease Resistance Key:

  • HR = High Resistance IR = Intermediate Resistance
  • Bl = Bremia lactucae (Downy mildew)
  • Nr = Nasanovia aphid
  • Fol = Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lactucum

Kintelmo RZ

By

Rijk Zwaan

Green Oak Lettuce

  • Traditional Green Oak style head
  • Glossy dark green colour
  • Compact and upright plant habit
  • Suitable for hydro and outdoor production
  • Strong vigour best suited to autumn, winter and spring harvest
  • Disease Resistance HR Bl:29-37, 39, 40EU/Nr:0 IR LMV:1.

Additional comments and cultural notes
Disease Resistance Key:

  • HR = High Resistance IR = Intermediate Resistance
  • Bl = Bremia lactucae (Downy mildew)
  • Nr = Nasanovia aphid
  • LMV = Lettuce Mosaic Virus