The 4th CLAUSE international Open Days took place on July 11th and 12th, 2017 at the HM.CLAUSE upland research station in Amman, Jordan.
"It was an amazing showcase of our commercial assortment and also a real opportunity to show the new promising range of varieties and interact with customers," representatives of the event explained.
This event has become a key event for the Middle East-, Southern East-, Eastern and Central Europe-, Maghreb- and African regions. Around 200 people from 40 different countries attended the event.
On display this year were 280 vegetable varieties of 12 different species, with a specific highlight on Cucumber, Tomato, Squash, Watermelon and Melon. While going round the trials visitors could find novelties in other crops including Sweet Corn, Bean, Pepper, Eggplant, Okra, bottle and bitter Gourds.
HM.CLAUSE presented 2 new open field Cucumbers still at a trial stage: 42055 F1 & 42057 F1, multi virus resistant Beit alpha types, with high yield of uniform fruits of very good quality.
"We are also investing a lot on Indoor Cucumbers and we start to sell new commercial varieties this year, such as DAHAB F1, a parthenocarpic Beit Alpha type, early, vigorous, with 2-3 fruits per node, 17-18 cm fruit length and good yield potential."
Several new determinate tomatoes were highlighted during this event: JOLLANAR F1, a main season variety TYLCV resistant (IR) for the fresh market, with flattened round shaped, as well as CLX 38346 F1 (EXP 305), a round shaped tomato for the fresh market, adapted to the early and mid-early season with a very good package of disease resistances including TYLCV.
Among Squashes visitors could see several new varieties.
A focus was made on a new release in Watermelon: LIVIA F1, a blocky round Crimson sweet hybrid with uniform, high yield fruits, high Brix and crisp firm flesh on the inside, as well as 2 new Watermelons: CLX 3081 F1 & CLX 3090 F1, both blocky round Crimson sweet types with large fruit size and high Brix.
In the Melon category, a focus was specially made on: CLX MGH78, a Galia type with extra large fruit size (2-3 kg), nice externals and internal quality and good field holding.
For the first time also on show were various Asian crops, such as Okra, bottle and bitter Gourds.
For more information:
Margaret Miniguez
Mob: +33(0)648 31 13 42