Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania

Taasisi ya Kuthibiti Ubora wa Mbegu

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Sinia
Jina
Sinia
Zao
Sweet potatoes (Ipomea batatas L.)
Mwaka wa Usajili
2000
Registrant / Applicant
ARI Ukiriguru
Production Altitude and Range
800-2000
Maeneo Yanayo Faa
Mwanza, Kagera, Shinyanga, Tabora
Grain Yield
10.0-20.0
Distinctive Characters
Plant type: Spreading, Vine predominant mature colour: Mostly purple, Vine tip pubescence: Sparse, 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): Orange, Storage root arrangements: Open cluster
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.