AGRONOMIC ATTRIBUTES
Kadyaubwerere
Female Parent: Mafutha
Male Parent: OP
Accession Number: CIP 444187
Country of Origin: Malawi
Breeding Status: Breeding Variety
Year of release: 2011
Maturity: 3-Medium maturing (4.5 to 6 months)
Average yield from release document: 30 t/ha
Adapted to low-altitude (< 500 m): No
Adapted to mid-elevation (500-1200 m): Yes
Adapted to plateau (1200-1800 m): Yes
Adapted to highlands (>1800 m): No
Adapted to unimodal rainfall: Yes
Adapted to bimodal rainfall: No
Virus: 3-High resistance to SPVD
Alternaria: 3-High resistance to Alternaria
Weevil: 1-Low susceptibility to weevil
GROW CHARACTERISTICS
Plant Type: 2-Semi-erect (75-150 cm) plant type
Establishment: Easy to establish
Multiplication rate: Fast
Sprouting ability: Prolific sprouting
Flowering ability: Hard to flower
ROOT ATTRIBUTES
Predominant Flesh Color: Intermediate Orange
Secondary Flesh Color: Absent
Dry matter range: 2-Medium (25-28 %) dry matter content
Dry matter: 26.4 %
Beta-carotene content: 20.15 (mg/100g)
Iron range: Low (<2.5 mg/100g)
Sweetness: 3-High sugary taste
Sugar content raw: 17.54 %
WHY BEST BET
Sweet, good root form/shape;
Deep orange, leafy vegetable;
Released in Malawi (in 2011);
Grown by farmer for home food and income;
Used as a parent in the crossing block to generate breeding populations
with high contents of beta-carotene and dry matter
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