Bremia resistance
Overcoming Bremia Challenges: Harnessing the Power of Resistances in Leafy Crops

Bremia resistance

We offer a wide range of good varieties with excellent field performance, outstanding post-harvest and Bremia resistance. Many varieties are also available in 100% organic seeds. Combining traditional preventive treatments with our high-resistance varieties ensures high protection against Bremia, leading to successful lettuce production. Don't let downy mildew hinder your leafy crop production.

Recognizing our Bremia resistance

Label for Bremia Resistant varieties

It is very easy spotting our Bremia resistant varieties, it will only take one glance! Just look for the Bremia resistant label you see here. Also, when you visit the lettuce product pages on one of our local websites, you can filter very easily on Bremia resistances.

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The importance of Bremia

Bremia, or downy mildew, poses a significant threat to leafy crops, potentially leading to reduced yields. By utilizing varieties with Bremia resistance, growers can maintain higher yield stability even in conditions conducive to disease outbreaks. This results in more reliable production over time.

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Our Bremia resistant collection

Explore your local website to discover our Bremia portfolio of high-resistance varieties across all leafy crop segments and discover effective solutions for downy mildew control.

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Who oversees Bremia denominations?

The International Bremia Evaluation Board for the EU (IBEB-EU) tackles this challenge. They monitor and identify the emergence of new races of Bremia lactucae that pose a significant threat to the lettuce industry and promote the use of standardized race names in communications with growers.

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