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Campbell 1943, sometimes abbreviated C1943, is an OP tomato variety bred by Dr. George Reynard while working at Campbell seed company. Campbell 1943 is important as it is the one of the first varieties carrying resistance to Early Blight (A. linariae; syn. A. tomatophila), and was used for breeding for blight resistance in USDA and university tomato breeding programs, and then by seed companies.
Seed of Campbell 1943, that was produced in 1989, was provided by Randy Gardner (emeritus, NCSU) to Mutschler in 2019. A low percentage of the seed germinated in 2019, allowing M. Mutschler (Cornell University) to submit a fresh increase of this line. Two full sib seed lots are provided, obtained from plants named 191131-1_and 191131-2. This fresh seed of Campbell 1943 was also included in a 2019 inoculated early blight trial at Cornell, in which this line demonstrated the early blight resistance on stems/peduncles for which Campbell 1943 is noted.
Campbell 1943, sometimes abbreviated C1943, is an OP tomato variety bred by Dr. George Reynard while working at Campbell seed company. Campbell 1943 is important as it is the one of the first varieties carrying resistance to Early Blight (A. linariae; syn. A. tomatophila), and was used for breeding for blight resistance in USDA and university tomato breeding programs, and then by seed companies.
Seed of Campbell 1943, that was produced in 1989, was provided by Randy Gardner (emeritus, NCSU) to Mutschler in 2019. A low percentage of the seed germinated in 2019, allowing M. Mutschler (Cornell University) to submit a fresh increase of this line. Two full sib seed lots are provided, obtained from plants named 191131-1_and 191131-2. This fresh seed of Campbell 1943 was also included in a 2019 inoculated early blight trial at Cornell, in which this line demonstrated the early blight resistance on stems/peduncles for which Campbell 1943 is noted.
Campbell 1943, sometimes abbreviated C1943, is an OP tomato variety bred by Dr. George Reynard while working at Campbell seed company. Campbell 1943 is important as it is the one of the first varieties carrying resistance to Early Blight (A. linariae; syn. A. tomatophila), and was used for breeding for blight resistance in USDA and university tomato breeding programs, and then by seed companies. Seed of Campbell 1943, that was produced in 1989, was provided by Randy Gardner (emeritus, NCSU) to Mutschler in 2019. A low percentage of the seed germinated in 2019, allowing M. Mutschler (Cornell University) to submit a fresh increase of this line. Two full sib seed lots are provided, obtained from plants named 191131-1_and 191131-2. This fresh seed of Campbell 1943 was also included in a 2019 inoculated early blight trial at Cornell, in which this line demonstrated the early blight resistance on stems/peduncles for which Campbell 1943 is noted.