SWEET POTATO VC6
SWEET POTATO VC6
- Origin
– VC6 was selected from a combination of VA1/CIP68, using primers ITSSR15 and IbE29 to identify high starch content trait.
– The variety was introduced into production according to the Document No. No. 330/VCLT-KH dated October 9, 2020 of the Field Crops Research Institute for the spring season.
– Authors: MSc. Nguyen Thi Thuy Hoai, Dr. Ngo Doan Dam, MSc. Tran Quoc Anh; MSc. Nguyen Dat Thoai; MSc. Do Thi Hong Lieu; MSc. Nguyen Phan Anh; KS. Nguyen Thanh Binh et al.
- Agronomic characteristics
– Growth duration (130-135 days in spring season; 110-115 days in winter season).
– Long-round tubers, red tuber skin, ivory-white tuber flesh.
– Fairly resistant to vine borer, leaf miner; good resistance to leaf curl and black rot.
– Fresh tuber yield (25.71 – 26.53 tons/ha), tuber dry matter content (32.70-34.56%), tuber starch content (22.2 – 22.48%).
– Eating quality: friability (score 1), sweetness (score 3).
- Contact
Root Crop Research and Development Center
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