Imara: Bred for Resilience

August 4, 2022 Syngenta Flowers

New impatiens varieties resistant to downy mildew subsequently became a focus for breeders, including our colleagues at Syngenta Flowers for whom disease resistance has long been a priority. The Imara series was introduced in 2018, nine years after a natural source of resistance was discovered in a single plant of Impatiens walleriana.