A quick review for those who have not been following our ulluco work: Ulluco is a crop that very rarely sets seed. In fact, there are only two published reports of ulluco seed production: here and at the University of Turku in the early 1990s. There is perhaps one published report of seed being found […]
Being a fundamentally lazy person, I always prefer to search for work that has already been done by somebody else. That can be frustrating in the world of plant breeding, where information tends to come in two forms: highly technical or excessively simplified. There isn’t much middle ground. My search for a chart showing the […]
One of the best things about growing oca is that it is generally very resistant to disease. Unlike potatoes, which are vulnerable to more than a dozen common diseases and need constant attention, oca usually fends for itself very well. The most common problem here is a bacterial stem rot, but it usually occurs late […]