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

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 ...