“Reysa”, new cuban cultivar of potato

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Jorge L. Salomón-Díaz
Juan G. Castillo-Hernández
Beatriz Araujo-Suárez
Odalis Céspedes

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Thousands of potato cultivars have been reported worldwide. In Cuba, a new potato cultivar was selected and named “Reysa”, originated from a cross between the I-1039 and C-90-154 clones, the progeny consisting of 200 botanical seeds came from the International Potato Center in Peru, they were subjected to selection for 13 years in the Program of Genetic Improvement of the National Institute of Agricultural Sciences. Various morphoagronomic characters were from the hybrid family stage evaluated and as clone 9-12-05. This clone was in the following clonal generations selected for its appropriate field behavior and desired morpho-agronomic characters, its performance ranged between 30 and 40 t ha-1, as well as its good behavior before the main pests and diseases in field conditions.

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Salomón-Díaz, J. L., Castillo-Hernández, J. G., Araujo-Suárez, B., & Céspedes, O. (2019). “Reysa”, new cuban cultivar of potato. Cultivos Tropicales, 40(4), e08. Retrieved from https://ediciones.inca.edu.cu/index.php/ediciones/article/view/1532
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Report of New Cultivar

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