Okumkom

NATIONAL CATALOGUE OF CROP VARIETIES 2019

Okumkom

Commodity: Sweetpotato

Basic Information
Name of variety Okumkom
Commodity Sweetpotato
National Code GH/Ib/001/15
Origin/Source Landrace/ Ghana
Applicant CSIR-Crops Research Institute
Cultivation Details
Preferred Ecology Guinea savannah, Forest-Savannah transition and coastal savannah
Pedigree/Line TIS 8266
Year of release 1998
Year of registry 2015
Variety Traits
Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability

Plant type: Spreading; 

Vine pigment: Green; 

Vine tip pubescence: Heavy;

 Foliage color: Mature leaf

 colour: Green;

 Petiole pigmentation: Green;

 Storage root shape: Round Elliptic;

 Storage root skin color: Pink;

 Storage root flesh color: White

Value for Cultivation and Use

Potential root Yield: 30 tons/ ha; Starch: 65.9 %(DWT); Total sugars: 17.31; Sweetpotato weevil: Tolerant; SPVD: Tolerant; Storage root Dry Matter content: 30.7%. Uses: Ampesi

Breeders
J. A. Otoo
Breeder
CSIR - CRI
Breeder
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