Lettuces adapted to tropical conditions stand out in Brazil's hot climate

Published 2024년 4월 2일

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In response to the challenges posed by the hottest year on record in Brazil, as reported by the National Institute of Meteorology (INMET) in 2023, vegetable producers are adapting their cultivation practices to cope with the increasing temperatures. Agronomists from the Paranaense University (UNIPAR) have highlighted the adverse effects of high temperatures and rainfall on lettuce, including reduced size and increased disease susceptibility. To combat these issues, Agristar do Brasil's TSV Sementes line is offering robust, disease-resistant lettuce cultivars like Margarete and Pira Roxa, which are well-suited for both open field and hydroponic cultivation in warmer climates. These adaptations are crucial for ensuring the continued production of lettuce in the face of changing climate conditions.

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Vegetable producers deal with increasingly higher temperatures on a daily basis, which has required a strategic review of the planning of their properties in terms of the products grown. In the case of lettuce, cultivars adapted to warmer climates and that can be planted in protected cultivation gain space in the market, mitigating the effects of heat during their development. The National Institute of Meteorology (INMET), at the beginning of 2024, presented to society data from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) regarding the Brazilian climate in 2023. According to the survey, this was the hottest year in the country's history, when recording temperature average of 24.92°C and nine episodes of heat waves. According to a study developed by Franciely S. Ponce, Silvia Graciele Hulse de Souza and Thiago Alberto Ortiz, agronomists and professors at the Paranaense University (UNIPAR), growing lettuce at high temperatures and, consequently, with a greater influence of rainfall ...

Source: Portal Do Agronegocio