|| Bioinfo Publications || 299 EVALUATION SOME NEW HYBRIDS FOR CULTIVATION IN CONVENTIONAL SYSTEM IN SPRING CLIMATIC CONDITIONS OF ROMANIA International Journal of Agriculture Sciences ISSN: 0975-3710 & E-ISSN: 0975-9107, Volume 4, Issue 7, 2012, pp-299-305. Available online at http://www.bioinfo.in/contents.php?id=26 DRAGHICI E.M. AND PELE M.* University of Agronomical Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Horticulture, Bucharest, Romania *Corresponding Author: Email- mpele50@yahoo.com Received: November 05, 2012; Accepted: November 22, 2012 Abstract- Considering the fact that in Romania, the vast majority of tomatoes harvest comes from the farmers who have relatively small areas of solariums and greenhouses, between 100 and 2000 sqm, farmers are always looking for new hybrids with the special produc- tive performance in low temperature conditions corresponding to beginning of spring, with resistance to diseases and pests. Aim of this study was to test and recommend farmers from the south of Romania's new tomatoes hybrids with outstanding performance for the culture in solar of the tomatoes in conventional system (culture on soil) with early production. In this context, it has studied 11 hybrids the Israeli provenance tomatoes. Among hybrids analyzed, the best results in relation to the tomatoes productive potential per 1m 2 were obtained for 3319 hybrid noted V8 with a production of 16.667 kg/m 2 under the conditions of the early spring with a day maximum temperature of 20°C. In addition, although this hybrid germinated least (only 87% of seeds) and later towards others tested (after 11 days) had the highest early produc- tion 9.060kg/m 2 at first harvest from July 1. In terms of storage conditions at 9°C, the best behavior has had the hybrid 3351 whose firmness was kept undisturbed for 2 weeks. Such meticulous tests concerning the overall development of hybrids of germination, growth, flowering and production showed the im- portance of these experiments to identify the most suitable hybrids for envisaged climatic conditions and culture. In this specific, case the hybrid 3319. Keywords- tomatoes hybrids, climatic conditions, solar, productivity Abbreviations- IF: fruit shape index, cm: centimeter, mm: millimeter, %: percent, g: gram, kg: kilogram, cm 2 : square centimeter, m 2 : square meter, MU: Measuring unit, DL: degrees of their liberty, Mt: control, O: significant negative, N: insignificant, *: significant, ***: very significant Introduction Tomatoes are today one of the most respected and consumed vegetables worldwide. In 2010 the area planted with tomatoes was 4,338,834 ha and production of 145,751,507 tons. Actually, toma- toes dominate the production of vegetables in the EU. Area planted with tomatoes Europe represented approximately 13% of the world total area and production achieved was 14% of the world [1]. In addition, the statistical data we noticed that in 2010 the area plant- ed with tomatoes decreased by about 5% compared with 2005, but total production was about 11% higher than the average production in 2005.The main countries tomato producers are Italy and Spain, which assume 2/3 of the total production. In 2012, Romania area cultivated with vegetables accounted for about 9% of the area planted with tomatoes in Europe, and the average production was at half of the average production in European countries. Therefore the annual production of vegetables in Romania varies around 750 000 tones [2]. For example from official the statistical data published by FAO in 2012 is noted that both Israel and the Netherlands, the main coun- tries supplying tomato hybrids for Romania, areas planted with tomatoes are very small compared to Romania. However, yields obtained on one ha are very high in Holland 479411 kg/ha com- pared with Israel 85883 kg/ha and especially in Romania of 15446 kg/ha in 2012 [1]. The content of tomatoes in sugars, vitamins, minerals, amino acids and organic acids, which play a large role in the human body's physiological balance, determine also the therapeutic value of Citation: Draghici E.M. and Pele M. (2012) Evaluation Some New Hybrids for Cultivation in Conventional System in Spring Climatic Condi- tions of Romania. International Journal of Agriculture Sciences, ISSN: 0975-3710 & E-ISSN: 0975-9107, Volume 4, Issue 7, pp-299-305. Copyright: Copyright©2012 Draghici E.M. and Pele M. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. International Journal of Agriculture Sciences ISSN: 0975-3710 & E-ISSN: 0975-9107, Volume 4, Issue 7, 2012