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Tubers of the USDA potato accession PI 255494PI 255494 “Macha Choque”

Solanum tuberosum subsp. andigenum 4x

PI 255494 at Genesys

Accession Details

An andigena type tetraploid collected in Bolivia before 1959.

Observations

TPS. Irregular and elongate shapes.  Whites and blues, a few with partially blue flesh.  Some with deep eyes.  Reasonably good tuberization under long days.  Short stolons.

Commentary

Initial seed increase 9.4g. 

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