Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania

Taasisi ya Kuthibiti Ubora wa Mbegu

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Jina
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Zao
Sweet potatoes (Ipomea batatas L.)
Mwaka wa Usajili
2002
Registrant / Applicant
ARI Kibaha
Production Altitude and Range
< 1000
Maeneo Yanayo Faa
Mwanza, Kagera, Shinyanga, Tabora
Grain Yield
9
Distinctive Characters
Plant type: Spreading, Vine predominant mature colour: Green, Vine tip pubescence: None, Mature leaf shape: Lobed, Mature leaf shape of mature lobe: Semi- elliptic, Storage root shape: Long elliptic, Storage root skin colour (predominant): Purple, Storage root flesh colour (predominant): Cream, Storage root arrangements: very dispersed
Special Attributes
Moderately resistant to sweet potato feathery mottle virus, sweet potato sunken vein virus and sweet potato mild mottle virus, Moderately resistant to weevils.