Disease-resistant lettuce varieties

Information is from seed catalogues for 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2022. Occasionally varieties are listed as resistant without the disease(s) or disorder(s) specified.
Follow links below to tables with more details about these varieties including seed companies marketing them and whether organic seed is available, as well as variety resistance to disorders.
Prefer to view disease-resistant variety information in spreadsheets? Download disease-resistant variety spreadsheets from this Box folder.

Boston lettuce

Anuenue (Batavian): Resistant to disorders
Caretaker: Resistant to disorders
Crispino: Resistant to disorders
Deuce: Resistant to disorders
Gondar: Downy Mildew
Great Lakes (Heirloom): Resistant to disorders
Ithaca: Resistant to disorders
Joker: Resistant to disorders
Little Gem (Heirloom): Resistant to disorders
Medimo: Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Odyssey: Resistant to disorders
Olga (Romaine): Resistant to disorders
Salinas 88 Supreme: Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Summer Time: Resistant to disorders
Sun Devil: Resistant to disorders
Superior 1: Resistant to disorders
Trigger: Bottom Rot
Webb’s Wonderful: Resistant to disorders

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Butterhead lettuce

Adriana: Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Alkindus (red): Blight, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Dieback Complex, Lettuce Mosaic Virus, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Australe: Downy Mildew
Avicenna: Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Barilla: Resistant to disorders
Blushed Butter Oaks: Resistant to disorders
Bronze Mignonette (Heirloom): Resistant to disorders
Brune d’Hiver: Resistant to disorders
Butterhead Blend: Downy Mildew
Butter Crunch (Bibb): Bottom Rot
Butter King: Disease resistance not specified
Carmona: Disease resistance not specified
Captain: White Mold (Sclerotinia), Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Continuity, Merveille des 4 Seasons, Marvel of Four Seasons: Resistant to disorders
Drunken Woman Frizzy Headed: Resistant to disorders
Dynamite: Blight, Water Mold, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Edox (Bibb): Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Ermosa: Resistant to disorders
Garnet Butter Gem: Resistant to disorders
Grandpa Admire’s (heirloom): Resistant to disorders
Harmony: Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Kagraner Sommer: Resistant to disorders
Kinemntpas: Resistant to disorders
Kweik: Downy Mildew, Lettuce Drop, White Mold (Sclerotinia)
Margarita: Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Matina Sweet: Resistant to disorders
Merkurion: Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Mikola (red): Resistant to disorders
Milagro: Blight, Downy Mildew, Fusarium Wilt, Lettuce Dieback Complex, Lettuce Mosaic Virus, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Mirlo: Blight, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Nancy: Bottom Rot, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Newham (Romaine): Blight, Corky Root Rot, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
North Pole: Resistant to disorders
Optima: Bottom Rot, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Palmetto: Resistant to disorders
Pirat, Brauner Trotzkopf, Sprenkel (Heirloom): Bottom Rot, Bacterial Head Rot, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Drop, White Mold (Sclerotinia)
Quattro Stagioni (Heirloom): Resistant to disorders
Red Cross: Downy Mildew
Rex: Downy Mildew
Rhapsody: Downy Mildew, Lettuce mosaic Virus
Roxy (red): Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Sangria: Resistant to disorders
Skyphos (red): Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Speckled, Speckled Amish, Speckles (Bibb): Resistant to disorders
Summer Bibb: Resistant to disorders
Summer Glory Blend: Resistant to disorders
Sweet Valentine: Resistant to disorders
Sylvesta (Bibb): Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Teodore: Downy Mildew
Tom Thumb (Heirloom): Resistant to disorders
Victoria (Batavian): Bottom Rot
Winter Marvel: Resistant to disorders

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Green Leaf Lettuce

1221: Resistant to disorders
7436: Resistant to disorders
Aerostar (Romaine): Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
AC Estival: Fusarium Wilt
Acropolis: Resistant to disorders
Anuenue (Batavian): Resistant to disorders
Arroyo (Romaine): Corky Root Rot, Downy Mildew, Fusarium Wilt, Lettuce Dieback Complex, Lettuce Mosaic Virus, Lettuce Necrotic Stunt Virus, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Austrailian Yellow Looseleaf: Resistant to disorders
Austrian Frilly (Oakleaf): Resistant to disorders
Auvona (Romaine): Downy Mildew
Bambi: Downy Mildew
Balady Aswan: Resistant to disorders
Bauer: Blight, Bacterial Head Rot, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Dieback Complex, Lettuce Mosaic Virus, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Bellezia (Wild Arugula): Downy Mildew
Bergam’s Green (Batavian): Corky Root Rot, Downy Mildew, Gray Leaf Spot, Lettuce Dieback Complex, Lettuce Mosaic Virus, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Black Seeded Simpson (Heirloom): Downy Mildew, Lettuce Drop
Bluerock: Blight, Downy Mildew, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Bolsachica (Oakleaf): Blight, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Bondi (Romaine): Resistant to disorders
Braveheart (Romaine): Disease resistance not specified
Burpee Bibb: Disease resistance not specified
Canasta (Batavian): Resistant to disorders
Capulin (Batavian): Downy Mildew
Carlsbad (Romaine): Downy Mildew
Casey: Blight, Downy Mildew
Celinet (Batavian): Blight, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Chamisal: Downy Mildew
Chicarita (Romaine): Blight, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Cielo Verde: Corky Root Rot, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus, Lettuce Necrotic Stunt Virus
Clearwater (Oakleaf): Blight, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Coastal Star (Romaine): Corky Root Rot, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Concept (Batavian): Resistant to disorders
Conversion: Downy Mildew
Crisp Mint (Romaine): Resistant to disorders
Cristabel: Blight, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Deer Tongue, Amish Deer Tongue (Bibb): Resistant to disorders
Defender (Romaine): Downy Mildew
DOV (Romaine): Resistant to disorders
Dragoon (Romaine): Blight, Corky Root Rot, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Emerald (Oakleaf): Resistant to disorders
Encino (Oakleaf): Bottom Rot, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Ezpark (Eazyleaf): Blight, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Eztron Eazyleaf: Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Ezrilla (One-Cut Tango): Downy Mildew, Lettuce Dieback Complex, Lettuce Mosaic Virus, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Flashy Green Butter Oak (Oakleaf): Resistant to disorders
Foundation Collection (Salanova): Downy Mildew
Freckles (Romaine) (Heirloom): Resistant to disorders
Fresh/Heart: Resistant to disorders
Frisygo: Downy Mildew
Fusion (Romaine): Corky Root Rot, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Gaviota (Oakleaf): Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Giant Caesar (Romaine): Resistant to disorders
Gildenstern: Downy Mildew, White Mold (Sclerotinia)
Glendana: Downy Mildew
Grand Rapids: Resistant to disorders
Grazia (Wild Arugula): Resistant to disorders
Grazion: Blight, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Necrotic Stunt Virus
Green Bay M.I.: Resistant to disorders
Green Butter (Salanova): Blight, Downy Mildew
Green Deer Tongue, Matchless (Heirloom): Resistant to disorders
Green Forest (Romaine): Corky Root Rot
Green Ice (Batavian): Resistant to disorders
Green Incised (Salanova): Blight, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Green Oakleaf (Salanova): Blight, Downy Mildew
Green Salad Bowl, Salad Bowl, Green Saladbowl: Resistant to disorders
Green Star: Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Green Sweet Crisp (Salanova): Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Green Tower(s) (Romaine): Corky Root Rot, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Hampton (One-Cut Oakleaf): Blight, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Dieback Complex, Lettuce Mosaic Virus, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Hoja Verde M.I. (Batavia): Fusarium Wilt, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Holon: Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Home Garden Mix (red & green): Downy Mildew
Igloo: Resistant to disorders
Ilema (Lollo): Blight, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Inferno (Romaine): Downy Mildew, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Intercut: Blight, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Intred: Downy Mildew
Italienischer (Oakleaf): Resistant to disorders
Jadeite (Romaine): Resistant to disorders
Jara (Romaine): Downy Mildew, Fusarium Wilt, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Jericho (Romaine): Bottom Rot, Downy Mildew, Powdery Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Kalura (Romaine): Resistant to disorders
King Henry (Romaine): Resistant to disorders
Kweik: Downy Mildew, Lettuce Drop, White Mold (Sclerotinia)
Lalique: Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Laredo (Romaine): Resistant to disorders
Legacy: Resistant to disorders
Lentissima a Montare 3 (Romaine): Resistant to disorders
Lettony: Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Lingue De Canarino, Canary Tongue (Oakleaf): Resistant to disorders
Little Caesar (Romaine): Resistant to disorders
Lockwood: Corky Root Rot
Loma (French Crisp): Downy Mildew, Powdery Mildew
Magenta: Bottom Rot, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Manoa: Resistant to disorders
Meridian (Iceberg): Fusarium Wilt
Mini Romaine Blend: Downy Mildew
Modus RZ: Corky Root Rot, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Monte Carlo (Romaine): Downy Mildew
Monterra: Corky Root Rot, Lettuce Necrotic Stunt Virus
Muir (Batavian): Blight, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Dieback Complex, Lettuce Mosaic Virus, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Multigreen: Resistant to disorders
Nevada (Batavian): Bottom Rot, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Newham (Romaine): Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Oakleaf (Looseleaf): Resistant to disorders
Omega 42: Lettuce Big-vein Associated Virus
Oso Verde: Resistant to disorders
Osterley: Downy Mildew, Powdery Mildew
Panisse (Oakleaf): Blight, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Parris Island Cos (Romaine): Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Pensacola: Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Plato II (Romaine): Downy Mildew, White Mold (Sclerotinia)
Pom Pom: Disease resistance not specified
Portola: Lettuce Big-vein Associated Virus
Powerhouse: Downy Mildew
Ragol RZ (Romaine): Downy Mildew
Raider: Resistant to disorders
Rainier: Corky Root Rot, Downy Mildew, Fusarium Wilt, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Regency: Corky Root Rot, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Regency 2.0: Corky Root Rot, Downy Mildew
Regency 3.0: Corky Root Rot, Downy Mildew
ROM1184: Corky Root Rot, Lettuce Necrotic Stunt Virus
Royal Oakleaf: Resistant to disorders
Ruby: Resistant to disorders
Rubicon: Corky Root Rot, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Saladin (Iceburg): Downy Mildew
Salanova Green Batavia: Blight, Downy Mildew
Salvius M.I. (Romaine): Blight, Corky Root Rot, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Sandy (Oakleaf): Bacterial Spot, Downy Mildew, Powdery Mildew
Santoro RZ: Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Sierra (Batavian): Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Simpson Elite: Resistant to disorders
Slobolt (Looseleaf): Resistant to disorders
Slogun (Batavian): Resistant to disorders
Smeraldo (Wavy Oak): Resistant to disorders
Solid King: Corky Root Rot
Somerset: Resistant to disorders
Sparx (Romaine): Downy Mildew
Spotted Trout (Romaine): Resistant to disorders
Spretnak (Romaine): Downy Mildew, Fusarium Wilt, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Starfighter: Blight, Downy Mildew
Stryker (Romaine): Corky Root Rot, Downy Mildew
Sulu (Oakleaf): Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Super Jericho (Romaine): Downy Mildew, Powdery Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Superior 1: Resistant to disorders
Tambay: Blight, Downy Mildew
Tango (Oakleaf): Resistant to disorders
Tehama: Corky Root Rot
Tendita: Blight, Downy Mildew
Tenton: Downy Mildew, Lettuce Necrotic Stunt Virus
Tropicana: Corky Root Rot
Two Star M.I.: Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Valley Heart M.I.: Resistant to disorders
Valmaine (Romaine): Downy Mildew
Verigo: Downy Mildew
Vivian (Romaine): Resistant to disorders
Waldmann’s Dark Green: Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Willow: Downy Mildew
Winterwunder: Resistant to disorders
Winter Density, Craquerelle du Midi (Romaine/Bibb) (Heirloom): Resistant to disorders
Xalbadora (Romaine): Blight, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Yu Mai Tsai: Resistant to disorders
Zeb (Romaine): Resistant to disorders
Zorro: Corky Root Rot, Lettuce Necrotic Stunt Virus

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Red Leaf Lettuce

Alboreto: Blight, Downy Mildew
Annapolis (Romaine): Downy Mildew
Antonet (Lolla): Blight, Downy Mildew
Azirka: Blight, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Bellevue (Red Oakleaf): Corky Root Rot, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Better Devil (Romaine): Bottom Rot
Black Hawk: Resistant to disorders
Blade (Oakleaf): Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Breen (Romaine): Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Brigitte: Resistant to disorders
Bronze Beauty Arrowhead (Oakleaf): Resistant to disorders
Brentwood (Red Tango): Blight, Downy Mildew, Fusarium Wilt, Lettuce Dieback Complex, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Buckley (One-Cut Oakleaf): Downy Mildew, Lettuce Dieback Complex, Lettuce Mosaic Virus, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Burgandy, Burgundy: Downy Mildew, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Calshot (Romaine): Downy Mildew
Cantarix (Red-Oakleaf): Downy Mildew, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Cardinale (Batavian): Resistant to disorders
Cegolaine (Bibb): Blight, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Cervanek (red): Resistant to disorders
Cherokee (Batavian): Bottom Rot, Downy Mildew
Cimaron, Cimmaron (Romaine): Resistant to disorders
Cracoviensis (Heirloom): Resistant to disorders
Dark Lollo Rosso, Dark Red Lollo Rosso (Looseleaf): Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Dark Roden Leaf: Resistant to disorders
De Morges Braun: Resistant to disorders
Elf Ears (Oakleaf): Downy Mildew
Ezbruke (Red Romaine) (Easyleaf): Downy Mildew, Lettuce Dieback Complex, Lettuce Mosaic Virus, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Ezflor (Eazyleaf): Blight, Downy Mildew, Fusarium Wilt, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Fire Mountain (Oakleaf): Resistant to disorders
Five Star Mix: Downy Mildew
Fossey (Lolla Rossa): Bottom Rot, Downy Mildew
Four Seasons, Merveille Four Seasons (Bibb): Resistant to disorders
Gabriella: Resistant to disorders
Galactic: Downy Mildew, Lettuce Drop, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Galatea RZ: Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Galiano: Resistant to disorders
Garrison (Oatleaf): Downy Mildew
Hyper Red Rumple Waved: Xanthemonas, Downy Mildew, White Mold (Sclerotinia)
Jeanine (Batavian): Downy Mildew
Kremlin: Resistant to disorders
Les Oreilles du Diable (Devil’s Ears): Resistant to disorders
Lollo di Vino: Resistant to disorders
Lollo Rossa: Downy Mildew
Lovelock (Batavian): Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Magenta (Batavian): Bottom Rot, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Magma Red, Red Magma: Resistant to disorders
Majestic Red (Romaine): Resistant to disorders
Marciano: Blight, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Mascara (Oakleaf): Disease resistance not specified
Merlot: Xanthemonas, Bottom Rot, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Drop, White Mold (Sclerotinia)
Merlox Red Oak (Oakleaf): Downy Mildew, White Mold (Sclerotinia)
Michelle (Batavian): Resistant to disorders
Midnight Ruffles: Bottom Rot
Mottistone (Batavian): Downy Mildew
New Red Fire: Bottom Rot, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Oscarde (Oakleaf): Downy Mildew
Outredgeous (Romaine): Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Pablo (Batavian): Resistant to disorders
Pandero (Romaine): Bottom Rot
Pomegrante Crunch: Downy Mildew, Lettuce Dieback Complex, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Prizehead (Heirloom): Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Quattro Stagioni: Resistant to disorders
Red Batavia: Blight, Downy Mildew
Red Butter (Salanova): Blight, Downy Mildew
Red Cross: Downy Mildew
Red Deer Tongue, Really Red Deer Tongue: Xanthemonas, Downy Mildew, White Mold (Sclerotinia)
Red Iceberg: Resistant to disorders
Red Incised (Salanova): Blight, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Red Magma, Magma Red: Resistant to disorders
Red Mist (Oakleaf): Corky Root Rot, Downy Mildew
Red Oakleaf (Salanova): Blight, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Drop
Red Romaine (Romaine): Resistant to disorders
Red Rosie (Romaine): Downy Mildew
Red Sails (Looseleaf): Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Red Salad Bowl (Heirloom): Powdery Mildew
Red Sweet Crisp (Salanova): Blight, Downy Mildew
Red Tide: Bottom Rot, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Red Tinged Winter (Looseleaf): Resistant to disorders
Red Velvet: Disease resistance not specified
Relic: Downy Mildew
Revolution (Lollo Rossa): Resistant to disorders
Rhazes (Romaine): Downy Mildew
Rhone: Blight, Downy Mildew
RL2211: Corky Root Rot, Lettuce Necrotic Stunt Virus
Rosaine: Blight, Downy Mildew
Rouge D’ Hiver (Romaine): Lettuce Drop
Rouxai (Oakleaf): Blight, Downy Mildew
Ruby Sky: Blight, Bottom Rot, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Shanghai Red Baby Leaf: Resistant to disorders
Silvia (Romaine): Resistant to disorders
Skyphos: Blight, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Spock (Romaine): Downy Mildew
Spritzer (Oakleaf): Downy Mildew
Stanford (Romaine): Downy Mildew, Lettuce Dieback Complex, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Tamarindo: Blight, Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Teodore (Butterhead): Downy Mildew
Thurinus (Romaine): Downy Mildew, Lettuce Mosaic Virus
Truchas (Romaine): Downy Mildew, Lettuce Dieback Complex, Lettuce Mosaic Virus, Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Vulcan (Batavian): Disease resistance not specified
Winter Brown: Resistant to disorders
Year Round Bronze (Oakleaf): Resistant to disorders

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