Hybrid tomato variety 72-006 RZ

1. A Solanum lycopersicum plant designated 72-006 RZ, representative seed of which having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 43336.

2. The plant as claimed in claim 1 , which is grown from seed having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 43336.

3. A seed that produces the plant of claim 1 .

4. A part of the plant of claim 1 , wherein said part comprises a microspore, pollen, an ovary, an ovule or an egg cell.

5. A part of the plant of claim 1 , wherein said part of the plant comprises a cutting, a root, a stem, a cell, or a protoplast.

6. A tissue culture of regenerable cells from the plant of claim 1 .

7. The cell or protoplast of claim 5 obtained from a leaf, pollen, a cotyledon, a hypocotyl, a meristematic cell, a root, a root tip, an anther, a flower or a stem.

8. A method for producing a progeny plant of the plant of claim 1 , comprising crossing the plant of claim 1 with itself or with another Solanum lycopersicum plant, harvesting the resultant seed, and growing said seed.

9. A progeny of the plant of claim 1 , having all the morphological and physiological characteristics of the plant of claim 1 , representative seed of which having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 43336.

10. A method of producing an inbred Solanum lycopersicum plant derived from hybrid Solanum lycopersicum variety 72-006 RZ, comprising the steps:

a) preparing a progeny plant derived from hybrid Solanum lycopersicum variety 72-006 RZ by crossing the plant of claim 1 with itself;

b) crossing the progeny plant with itself to produce a seed of a progeny plant of a subsequent generation; and

c) repeating step b) for at least 3 more generations to produce an inbred Solanum lycopersicum plant derived from the hybrid Solanum lycopersicum variety 72-006 RZ.

11. A method of producing a tomato fruit comprising:

(a) obtaining the plant according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the plant has been cultivated to develop fruit; and

(b) collecting a tomato fruit from the plant.

12. A fruit produced by the method of claim 11 , wherein the fruit comprises all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of hybrid variety 72-006 RZ.

13. The fruit of claim 12 , wherein the fruit is part of a food product.

14. A method for producing a seed of a 72-006 RZ-derived tomato plant comprising

(a) crossing a plant of tomato variety 72-006 RZ, representative seed of which having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 43336, with itself or a second tomato plant, and

(b) whereby allowing said crossed plant to produce seed of that will grow into a 72-006 RZ-derived tomato plant.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising

(c) crossing a plant grown from 72-006 RZ-derived tomato seed with itself or with a second tomato plant to yield additional 72-006 RZ-derived tomato seed,

(d) growing the additional 72-006 RZ-derived tomato seed of step (c) to yield additional 72-006 RZ-derived tomato plants, and

(e) repeating the crossing and growing of steps (c) and (d) for an additional 3-10 generations to generate further 72-006 RZ-derived tomato plants.