Prometey – new tomato variety for processing

Prometey is a tomato variety with determinate growth habit, created by traditional breeding methods using hybridization and individual selection at Maritsa Vegetable Crops Research Institute, Plovdiv. Systematically, the variety Prometey belongs to Solanum lycopersicum L. The variety was tested in the Executive Agency for Variety Testing, Field Inspection and Seed Control in 2019 and 2020. It was recognized as a new variety by the Expert commission in 2021 and has a certificate № 11219 P2 the 20th of October 2021, issued by the Patent Office of Republic of Bulgaria. In terms of both earliness and total yield, Prometey exceeds Bela and Zhaklin - the most widespread varieties from the same type in Bulgaria. The fruits are oval, with an average fruit weight 60-65 g, uniformly coloured, red, thick, firm, crack resistant, possessing two- or three-locules, with a small and shallow depression at peduncle. The variety is resistant to Verticillium wilt, race 0 (Verticillium dahliae), and Fusarium wilt, race 0 and race 1 (Fusarium oxsysporum f.sp. lycopersici) and tolerant to potato blight (Phytophthora infestans). The fruits are suitable for processing, production of whole peeled and unpeeled tomatoes, tomato juice, puree and drying.