O.P. Seed Production in Tomato, Introduction

Introduction
Seed Production of O.P. Tomato Lines

Tomato is a very popular vegetable in the tropics. Open-pollinated (non-hybrid) tomato seed is easy to produce. Isolation of plants is usually not needed and each plant can produce thousands of seeds. This publication shows how to produce tomato seeds from open-pollinated lines and varieties.

Hybrid Seed Production

These procedures cannot be used to produce seeds from hybrid plants. Seeds saved from F1 hybrids will produce plants that are inferior and not uniform. If interested in producing hybrid seed, see AVRDC tutorial:

Hybrid Seed Production in Tomato.