Atahualpa

Accession Number: CIP376180.6

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18730/P5KW9

Breeder Code: ATAHUALPA-2

Female Parent: CIP373076.10

Male Parent: BULK

Breeding Status: Potato Varieties

Year of release: 1998

Country of Release: Peru

DESCRIPTION

Is appreciated for its high yield. It is moderately resistant to late blight. The plant has long vegetative period with decumbent growth habit with lilac flowers with white acumen in both surfaces. The tubers are white with red-pigmented eyebrows; are good for table potato use and also for processing as chips (crisps). In storage the tubers have short dormancy and multiple sprouts. The variety was released in Peru in 1998.

MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS

Predominant tuber skin color: 1 = White- cream

Tuber skin secondary color: 6 = Red

Predominant tuber flesh color: 2 = Cream

Tuber flesh secondary color: 0 = Absent

General tuber shape: 2 = Rounded

Unusual tuber shape: 0 = Absent

Tuber shape depth of eyes: 3 = Shallow

STRESS TRAITS

Resistance to Late Blight (LB): 2=MR= Moderately Resistant

Potato Leaf Roll Virus (PLRV): 5=S = Susceptible

AGRONOMIC TRAITS