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Purchase seeds or tubers of Solanum mochiquense

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Description

Solanum mochiquense (mochiquense meaning from Moche, Peru) is a lowland Peruvian species of relatively limited distribution. Plants reach about one and a half feet tall.  Tubers round, white, reaching about an inch in diameter.  White flowers.  Native habitat is sandy soil at an altitude of about 1300 feet (400 m) (Correll 1962).

This species can survive frosts down to 27 degrees F (-3 C) (Li 1977).

Condition	Type	Level of Resistance	Source
Alfalfa Mosaic Virus (AMV)	Virus	Resistant	Horvath 1989 (as S. mochicense)
Globodera pallida (Pale Cyst Nematode)	Invertebrate	Resistant	Castelli 2003
Globodera pallida (Pale Cyst Nematode)	Invertebrate	Not resistant	Bachmann-Pfabe 2019
Globodera rostochiensis (Potato Cyst/Golden Nematode)	Invertebrate	Resistant	Castelli 2003
Phytophthora infestans (Late Blight)	Fungus	Somewhat resistant	Gonzales 2002
Phytophthora infestans (Late Blight)	Fungus	Resistant	Bachmann-Pfabe 2019
Potato Virus X (PVX)	Virus	Resistant	Horvath 1989 (as S. mochicense)

Glykoalkaloid content

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Cultivation

I have found seeds of this species easy to germinate using the standard conditions for S. tuberosum.

Breeding

Crosses with S. tuberosum

Female	Male	Berry Set	Seed Set	Ploidy	Germ	Source
S. tuberosum	S. mochiquense	None	None			Jackson (1999)
S. mochiquense	S. tuberosum	None	None			Jackson (1999)

Crosses with other species

Jackson (1999) found 0-24% 2n pollen in varieties of this species.

Female	Male	Berry Set	Seed Set	Ploidy	Germ	Source

References

Solanum mochiquense at Solanaceae Source

Solanum mochiquense at GRIN Taxonomy