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Tubers of the USDA potato accession PI 225679PI 225679 “Chaucha Morada”

Solanum tuberosum subsp. andigenum 2x

PI 225679 at Genesys

Accession Details

A phureja type diploid collected in Nariño Colombia in 1948.  GRIN notes resistance to blackleg, Verticillium, wart.

Observations

TPS.  Good germination.  Large plants.  Tubers obovate, round, compressed, elliptic, elongate.  Whites, yellows, a few reds and blues.  Mostly white to yellow flesh.  Mostly short stolons, a few long.  Mostly short day types.

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