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Tubers of the USDA potato accession PI 234008PI 234008 “Checchi Canastilla”

Solanum tuberosum subsp. andigenum 2x

PI 234008 at Genesys

Accession Details

A stenotomum type diploid collected in Bolivia before 1956. S type cytoplasm (Hosaka 1988).

Observations

TPS.  High germination.  Tubers elliptic, obovate, elongate, round.  All some degree of red.  White flesh, sometimes with a little bit of red.  Shallow to moderately deep eyes.  Large plants with high yields.  Stolons short to long.  All long day.  Some sprouting at harvest.

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