Description:
Inbred parents for general resistance to Southern blight: Fla2AT114, Fla2AT115, Fla2AT116, Fla2BT73, Fla2BT106, Hi35, Hi39, Hi57, Hi58, ICAL221, INV534, TZi3, TZi5, TZi11 (5 temperate, 9 tropical). The intercrossed population was advanced by recurrent mass selection for 6 cycles in Hawaii with emphasis on improvement of agronomic traits.