Better Seed for Better Yield

Area Report Southeast & South Asia

Henk Jan Pascha & Karina van Leeuwen

Tropical Vegetable Crops

Solananceous ◦ Tomato, Pepper, Eggplant

Cucurbits ◦ Cucumber, Bitter Gourd, Pumpkin, Ridge Gourd, Wax Gourd,

Bottle Gourd, Watermelon, Melon

Other ◦ Sweet and Glutinous Corn, Long bean, Kangkong, Coriander,

Papaya, Marigold, …

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Estimated Tomato Growing Areas

F1 hybrid

Open pollinated

Highland off-season production in Mindanao

Dual purpose (processing and fresh market)

Cool season crops in North Thailand

Off season highland production for fresh market

Pink tomato production for spicy Thai salad

Bacterial Wilt tolerant lowland variety

Inlay Lake – floating tomato production

Long transportation

Lowland production near Ho Chi Minh

Highland tomato production

Greenhouse cultures – Shandong Province

Hainan – Winter production