FIELD TESTING BACTERIAL WILT-RESISTANT TOMATO SOMACLONES

'Healani' tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) somaclones were teste d in a bacterial wilt (Pseudomonas solanacearum E.F. Smith) infected f ield, Survival percentages of selected somaclonal lines were from 40% to 100%, while the original 'Healani' had a survival rate of 0% and re sistant 'Kewalo' had 30%. Eighteen bacterial wilt resistant somaclonal lines were selected and tested for retention of horticultural charact ers in a noninfected field. 'Healani' significantly outyielded all tes ted somaclonal lines in total fruit weight and total number of fruit p er plant, 'Healani' had greater fruit diameter than seven of the lines , greater,width of the outer wall of the fruit pericarp than seventeen of the lines, and fewer locules in the fruit than seven of the lines.