Abstract 'Norine' is a hybrid cultivar of basil, adapted to the Northeastern Brazil, which is derived from the cultivars 'Cinnamon' and 'Maria Bonita'. It has essential oil content of 2.91% and yield of 2.37 mL plant-1. The main chemical compounds of the essential oil are (E)-methyl cinnamate (41.93 %) and linalool (34.92 %). 'Norine' is characterized by presenting upright growth habit, rounded crown, mean height of 55 cm, mean crown diameter of 59 cm, mean leaf length of 8.4 cm, and mean leaf width of 4.5 cm

Devido à crescente importância do mercado do tomate tipo italiano no Brasil, objetivou-se conhecer a capacidade combinatória de linhagens de tomateiro potencialmente utilizáveis como genitoras de híbridos voltados a esse segmento. O experimento constituiu-se de 28 genótipos, sendo 18 híbridos oriundos de um dialelo parcial, obtido pelo cruzamento entre dois grupos de linhagens: Grupo I (nove genitores) e Grupo II (dois genitores), oito híbridos adicionais e duas testemunhas comerciais. Foram avaliados produção total, massa média de frutos, firmeza, formato e teor de sólidos solúveis. Houve predominância dos efeitos gênicos aditivos para todas as características avaliadas. As linhagens TOM-542 e TOM-734, pertencentes ao Grupo I, e TOM-720, Grupo II, apresentaram estimativas elevadas de capacidade geral de combinação para a maioria das características de importância para o segmento de tomate italiano, portanto, recomendadas para a obtenção de híbridos desse tipo. A superioridade da linhagem TOM-723 sobre a TOM-720 (Grupo II) quanto à firmeza de frutos foi atribuída, principalmente, à presença, na primeira, do alelo norA, que condiciona maior conservação pós-colheita. Os híbridos experimentais F1 (TOM-542 x TOM-720), F1 (TOM-580 x TOM-720), F1 (TOM-734 x TOM-720) e F1 (TOM-727 x TOM-720) apresentaram bom desempenho agronômico e qualidade de fruto, constituindo possíveis materiais comerciais.

Given the growing importance of the saladette fresh tomato market in Brazil, the objective of this paper was to assess the combining abilities of lines potentially useful as parents of hybridsin this class. The experiment consisted of28 genotypes, 18 hybrids from a partial diallel crossobtained from crossing two groups of tomato lines (Group I, with 9 parents, and Group II, with 2 parents), 8 F1 experimental hybrids, and 2 commercial checks. Traits evaluated were total yield, mean fruit mass, fruit shelf life, shape and percentsoluble solids. Additive genetic effects were generally more important than non-additive effects for all traits evaluated. The TOM-542 and TOM-734 lines, from group I, and the TOM-720 line, from group II, presented high general combining ability (GCA) estimates for most of the traits of importance for saladette tomatoes, and were therefore considered suitable parents of hybrids of this class. Higher fruit shelf life of TOM-723 as a parental line compared with TOM-720 (Group II), was mainly attributed to the presence in the former of the norA allele, which controls longer fruit shelf life. F1 hybrids (TOM-542 x TOM-720), (TOM-580 x TOM-720), (TOM-734 x TOM-720), and (TOM-727 x TOM-720) showed good performance and fruit quality and thus constitute possible commercial varieties.