A wide range of leafy varieties with the best agronomical packages for growers.

Your Source for Quality & Disease-Resistant Leafy

Meeting Grower Needs Through a Robust Leafy Portfolio

Ideal for Mechanization

Varieties more amenable to mechanical harvest

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Multi-Purpose

Lettuce for carton, heart & processing applications

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Versatility

Adaptability to multiple growing regions

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"Syngenta Vegetable Seeds offers the highest resistance to support lettuce growers’ needs for both conventional and organic markets. We are also committed to our full-line of       specialty lettuces for mechanical harvest.” - Nick Barnes, Western Commercial Unit Head, USA.

As mechanization continues to gain traction in the lettuce industry and growers look to reduce labor requirements, Syngenta is developing varieties that are more amenable to mechanical harvest and mechanical thinning. Varieties that fit new production methods, but also have tipburn tolerance and maintain the eating experience that consumers demand.

Learn about Syngenta’s latest lettuce solutions against Bremia, Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus (INSV), Fusarium, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV), and Nasonovia ribisnigri disease pressure in lettuce.

Growing Better Together: Syngenta and D'Arrigo California Romaine Lettuce Success Story

Discover how Syngenta Vegetable Seeds is transforming romaine lettuce production with innovative solutions. This grower testimonial features D'Arrigo California sharing their experience with Syngenta's high-quality romaine varieties, including Stampede. Learn how Syngenta's partnership approach and rapid response to challenges like INSV are supporting long-term success for lettuce growers.

Syngenta innovates with growers' needs in mind, supporting their long-term success and sustainability.

“When it comes to romaine, we really like how the Syngenta lines have the taper at the base, commits to a heart, good weight, tends to have a smooth mid rib; it’s all those different qualities we really like in the Syngenta material.” - Michael Morris, D’Arrigo California, Production Variety Development Supervisor

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Growing Better Together: Syngenta and D'Arrigo California Romaine Lettuce Success Story

Romaine Lettuce

Reliable varieties with desirable traits that address climatic adversity and have comprehensive disease resistant packages. In parallel, our romaine portfolio is focused on abiotic resistance traits such bolting tolerance and tipburn in lettuce.

Romaine Lettuce

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ABILENE

Romaine

Medium-dark green variety boasts strong disease tolerance ideal for coastal California spring, summer, and fall harvests.

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BLAISDELL

Romaine

Blaisdell, a midwinter processing romaine lettuce variety for the Desert Southwest, offers a robust disease resistance package.

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BORONDA

Romaine

Versatile romaine variety with excellent weight, high uniformity and a robust disease package.

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BUTEOS

Romaine

Green Little Gem with Wide Adaptability

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CAMINO VERDE

Romaine

Mid winter, dual purpose Desert Southwest romaine variety.

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CARDINAL

Romaine

Strong, vigorous and widely adaptable romaine variety

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CASSOWARY

Romaine

SolidRib variety for the Desert midwinter

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DRACOS

Romaine

Green little gem variety with a strong disease resistance package

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DUQUESNE

Romaine

Medium green variety with strong disease tolerance making it ideal for coastal California spring, summer, and fall harvests.

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GRACKLE

Romaine

Hearty-sized, short core, romaine variety.

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HOLBROOK

Romaine

Uniform variety offering size for cartons and color specifically targeted for processing.

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INFERNO

Romaine

Small-framed, open habit, perfectly upright variety with good bolting resistance and tipburn tolerance.

Iceberg Lettuce

Standout varieties that increase production in a sustainable way. Our icebergs are highly marketable and combine excellent disease resistances and abiotic tolerances, ideal for both fresh and processing markets. Providing growers with solutions to cope with an ever-growing environmental pressure to grow fresh produce successfully.

Iceberg Lettuce

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COPPER

Iceberg

Spring Desert Southwest iceberg variety with a strong disease resistance package.

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DARLINGTON

Iceberg

Large-heading iceberg variety for the Desert Southwest

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DOVER

Iceberg

Reliable iceberg variety for the Desert Southwest

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EL GUAPO

Iceberg

Excellent front end Desert Southwest iceberg variety

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FREMONT

Iceberg

Spring iceberg variety for Coastal California with high resistance to Downy Mildew and Fusarium race 1.

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GROWLER

Iceberg

Ideal iceberg variety for the transition slot in the Desert Southwest.

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HEADMASTER

Iceberg

Nice spring iceberg variety for the Desert Southwest growing region

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HUSKY

Iceberg

Large heading iceberg for mid-winter, upright growth, excellent head weight, large frame with long wrapper leaves, superior head protection from mid-winter icing and sun scald.

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INDEPENDENCE

Iceberg

Spring Salinas Valley iceberg variety with great weight and vigor

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LUCIA

Iceberg

Spring Salinas Iceberg with Improved Downy Mildew Resistance

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MUGGINS

Iceberg

Desert southwest, mid-winter iceberg

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ORTEGA

Iceberg

Summer Santa Maria iceberg variety with high resistance to Downy Mildew.

Multileaf, Batavia, Endive, Spinach and Specialty Lettuce

Our lettuce range is well recognized by growers and fresh processors. Our multileaf varieties are superior for their volume, weight, tenderness, and uniformity. Attractive and flavorful additions to the salad bowl ─ ideal for both whole head markets and processing.

In the batavia segment, our varieties have excellent disease resistance and are highly marketable for retail.

In spinach we offer varieties with resistance against Peronospora and now also resistance against Stemphylium ─  providing more solutions to growers.

Multi-leaf Lettuces and Endives

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ALLIE

Standard

Allie is one of the best curly winter materials because it is vigorous, healthy and high yielding. It is tolerant to cool temperatures and tolerant to wind and cold tip burn.

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BINDIE

Standard

Transition and Spring variety with excellent bolting tolerance, also good filling and long window of cultivation.

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CANAGIO

Leaf & Specialty

Compact and uniform multileaf green butter

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EL CAPOEIRA

Babyleaf

Full mildew resistant variety for the organic babyleaf segment.

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EL KUDURO

Babyleaf

Full mildew resistant variety for the organic babyleaf segment.

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EL MAJESTIC

Babyleaf

Full mildew resistant variety for the organic babyleaf segment.

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FORBES

Standard

Leading winter endive variety, with excellent weight, vigor and tolerance to lower temperatures.

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GREGORIO

Leaf & Specialty

Deep Red Multi-Butter with Wide Planting Window & Superior Disease Resistance

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GREWGER

Leaf & Specialty

Unique, whole leaf variety perfect for burger / sandwich lettuce applications

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JAVIO

Leaf & Specialty

Javio is a green tango for growers who are looking for a product with a wide planting and harvesting window, good disease resistance package that has good yield potential and uniform harvest.

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JUNINIO

Leaf & Specialty

Green tango multileaf variety with high disease resistance and bolting tolerance.

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MUSICIAN

Butterhead

Musician is the Western market’s latest butterhead lettuce variety with high resistance to Fusarium growers need.

 

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