CIP393077.54
DESCRIPTION
Wa kaya
Accession Number: CIP393077.54
Female Parent: CIP387348.20
Male Parent: CIP389746.2
Breeding Status: Potato Varieties
Year of release: 2011
Country of Release: Mozambique
This variety is highly resistance to late blight (horizontal), extreme resistance to PVX and moderately resistant to BW. Intermediate between tbr and adg, medium size plant, semi-erect, strong stems, small to medium size leaves, light purple flower color and regular flowering habit.Wide range of adaptation within short and intermediate day lengths, prefer cool temperature in highlands.The tubers have long-oblong shape with white flesh, with good yield production are good for processing as chips (crisps) , French fry and Table.
MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS
Predominant tuber skin color: 1 = White- cream
Tuber skin secondary color: 5 = Pink
Predominant tuber flesh color: 1 = White
Tuber flesh secondary color: 0 = Absent
General tuber shape: 7 = Long-oblong
Unusual tuber shape: 0 = Absent
Tuber shape depth of eyes: 3 = Shallow
STRESS TRAITS
Resistance to Late Blight (LB): 3=R = Resistant
Potato Virus X: 1=ER = Extreme Resistance
Potato Virus Y (PVY): 5=S = Susceptible
Potato Leaf Roll Virus (PLRV): 6=HS = Highly Susceptible
Root Knot Nematode: 5=S = Susceptible
AGRONOMIC TRAITS
Tuber yield: 30.74 Tn / Ha
Adaptability: Highland tropics
Dormancy Period (DLS) Lowland: 60 days
Dormancy Period (DLH) Highland: 90 days
POST HARVEST CHARACTERISTICS
Flavor: Very Tasteful
French Fries: 2=Very Good
Texture of tuber after cooking: Moderately dry
Oil absorption rate (%): 41 %
Cooking quality: 6=CD = Totally disintegrated
After cooking darkening: 1 = Light
Chipping color: 1 = Light
Percentage Dry Matter: 21 %
NUTRITIONAL TRAITS
Fe (mg/kg, dry weight basis): 16.54
Zn (mg/kg, dry weight basis): 13.09
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