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Agronomy tip2 September 20265 min read

HR, IR, ToBRFV… reading resistance codes in 5 minutes

A simple guide to comparing varieties by their resistances.

By Salma B.

Agronomist

Healthy tomato leaf

HR means high resistance, IR intermediate resistance. The codes that follow name the pathogen and sometimes its race.

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