On July 1, the European Committee of the International Bremia Evaluation Board (IBEB-EU) published a widely occurring new variant of downy mildew in lettuce: Bl:41EU. The majority of the Maraldi Sementi lettuce varieties has resistance to this new race.

Maraldi seeds underlines its costant work of genetic improvement to research varieties with a strong package of resistances to fight the evolution of new bremia strains. In his company located in Cesena, the phytopathology team perform resistance tests all year round for costant updating and monitoring of the situation on the development of new strains and on the reponse of its varieties.

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