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Tubers of the USDA potato accession PI 258886PI 258886 “Runa”

Solanum tuberosum subsp. andigenum 4x

PI 258886 at Genesys

Accession Details

An andigena type tetraploid collected in Chachacomani Bolivia before 1959.  W1 type cpDNA (Sukhotu 2005).

Observations

TPS.  Round and ovate.  Whites and blues, all with white flesh.  Long and matted stolons.  Probably mostly short day, with a few long day tuberizers.

Commentary

Initial seed increase 4.3g. 

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