Sweetpotato plant named ‘NCPUR13-0030’
Ipomoea batatas ‘NCPUR13-0030’ is a purple fleshed, smooth skinned, dark purple-colored, table stock sweetpotato. ‘NCPUR13-0030’ produces high yields of well-shaped and uniformly sized No. 1 sized roots. It is a mid-season variety. The flavor of the baked storage roots of ‘NCPUR13-0030’ have been judged to be good by standardized and informal taste panels.
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Latin name of the genus and species: The Latin name of the novel plant cultivar disclosed herein is Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Variety denomination: This new and distinct sweetpotato cultivar of Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. has been given the denomination ‘NCPUR13-0030’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONIpomoea batatas is a member of the morning glory family Convolvulaceae. This species is grown worldwide, and it exhibits a wide range of plant forms and colors. Grown by farmers worldwide, the cultivated members of Ipomoea batatas are commonly produced for consumption of their nutritious, enlarged storage roots. This contrasts with potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) that produce an edible tuber derived from an underground stem, which is similar in structure to above ground stems.
Purple fleshed sweetpotatoes are a small percentage of the US market with there being two distinct types. The first type is white skinned and purple fleshed with the main cultivar in this group being the heirloom cultivar ‘Okinawa’ (not patented), which is grown in Hawaii for the U.S. market. This heirloom cultivar is very poorly adapted to the growing regions on the mainland including North Carolina, California, Louisiana and Mississipi. The second type is purple skinned and purple fleshed. There are a few cultivars of this second type grown in the U.S., mainly ‘Mokuau’ aka ‘Molokai Purple’ (not patented), which is grown in Hawaii, and ‘Stokes Purple’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 17,976), which is grown on the U.S. mainland. Several different names have been used for these and other similar varieties, some of which have been previously introduced from Southeast Asia via various methods. However, none of these are particularly well adapted to North Carolina growing conditions. ‘NCPUR06-020’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 25,538) was developed and released for its high pigment value for industrial use, but its eating quality is poor.
‘NCPUR13-0030’ provides an improvement over ‘Stokes Purple’ and other purple-skinned, purple-fleshed cultivars known to the inventors for table stock use in terms of its adaptability, yield, and marketable shapes.
Lineage. ‘NCPUR13-0030’ originated from bulked botanical seed harvested from the open-pollinated female parent ‘NC08-0427’ (not patented) in the 2012 purple polycross nursery. The 2012 purple polycross nursery was planted in Clayton, Johnson County, N.C. The 12 genotypes present in the purple nursery were randomly mated during the course of a five-month flowering period in which seed was harvested and bulked per female parent from the 12 genotypes present in the nursery; therefore, the male parent of ‘NCPUR13-0030’ is unknown. One patented male parent (‘NCPUR06-020’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 25,538)) was in the nursery and represents a potential pollen source.
Seedlings from the 2012 purple polycross nursery were planted in greenhouses in Clinton, N.C. in March of 2013. A single cutting was taken from each seedling and planted in the field on May 23, 2013 in Kinston N.C. and ‘NCPUR13-0030’ was selected as a “single plant selection” on Aug. 27, 2013. This “single plant selection” included all of the storage roots derived from the single plant cutting planted on May 23rd, with 2-10 storage roots being saved over the winter in our storage facility in Clinton, N.C. for propagation the next year via vegetive propagation in the same location.
Asexual Reproduction. The first asexual reproduction of ‘NCPUR13-0030’ occurred in Clinton, N.C. ‘NCPUR13-0030’ has been propagated as vegetative stem cuttings and/or storage root derived stem cuttings derived from adventitious sprouts emanating from its storage roots since its original selection in August of 2013. After further cycles of selection for horticultural traits and disease screenings, ‘NCPUR13-0030’ was subjected to meristem tip culture and subsequent tissue culture maintenance to eliminate viruses and pathogens via meristem tip culture. The characteristics disclosed herein for ‘NCPUR13-0030’ have remained stable and the plant has reproduced true to type through successive generations of asexual propagation.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION‘NCPUR13-0030’ is a purple-fleshed, dark purple skin colored table stock sweetpotato. The storage roots of ‘NCPUR13-0030’ tend to be blocky to round elliptic and similar in length to ‘Covington’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 18,516) but shorter than ‘Stokes Purple’, and more uniform in size and shape than ‘Stokes Purple’. Marketable yields of ‘NCPUR13-0030’ are similar to ‘Covington’ but higher than ‘Stokes Purple’, which are the main orange fleshed and main purple fleshed sweetpotato cultivars, respectively, produced in the US. Plants from sprouted roots are ready two to three weeks before ‘Covington’, similar to ‘Stokes Purple’. The anthocyanin content for ‘NCPUR13-0030’ averages about one-third higher than ‘Stokes Purple’. The flavor of baked storage roots of ‘NCPUR13-0030’ have been judged to be good by standardized and informal taste panels, similar to ‘Stokes Purple’, the main cultivar of this type. The female parent line, ‘NC08-0427’, is cream fleshed and was no longer propagated at the time when ‘NCPUR13-0030’ was being evaluated. Consequently, ‘NC08-0427’ was not used for comparison. ‘NC08-0427’ is not grown commercially.
The photographs in the drawings were made using conventional techniques and show the colors as true as reasonably possible by conventional photography. Colors in the photographs may differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description, which accurately describe the colors of the new Ipomoea batatas.
The following is a detailed description of the botanical characteristics of a new and distinct cultivar of Ipomoea batatas plant given the designation ‘NCPUR13-0030’. All colors cited herein refer to The Royal Horticulture Society Colour Chart designations (The Royal Horticultural Society, London, 1995, 4th ed.) except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used. Plant descriptions are based on the standardized international sweetpotato descriptors established jointly by the International Potato Center (CIP), Lima, Peru; The Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC), Taipei, Taiwan; and the International Board for Plant Genetics Resources (IBPGR), Rome, Italy (CIP, AVRDC, IBPGR. 1991. Descriptors for Sweet Potato. Huaman, Z., editor. International Board for Plant Genetic Resources, Rome, Italy, 134pp.). Where dimensions, sizes, colors, and other characteristics are given, it is to be understood that such characteristics are approximations or averages set forth as accurately as practicable.
The descriptions and measurements of plant canopy reported herein were done on field grown plants 57 days after planting (DAP). The plants were grown in Kinston, N.C. under common commercial sweetpotato production practices during June through October. ‘NCPUR13-0030’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions; therefore, the phenotype may vary under different environmental conditions such as season, temperature, light intensity, day length, cultural conditions, and the like, without, however, any variance in the genotype.
The following discussion provides a description of the new Ipomoea batatas ‘NCPUR13-0030’ with ‘Stokes Purple’ and ‘NCPUR06-020’ for comparison. As noted above, the female parent line ‘NC08-0427’ was no longer propagated at the time when ‘NCPUR13-0030’ was being evaluated, and thus, was not used for comparison.
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- Botanical name.—Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
- Common name.—Sweetpotato.
- Variety name.—‘NCPUR13-0030’.
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Growth Conditions Whole-plant Canopy Structure.
Foliage. The leaves of ‘NCPUR13-0030’ are alternate and simple in structure, and cordate in shape with slightly to moderately lobed in shape with 0-3 lobes. (
Storage Roots. NCPUR13-0030’ produces purple-fleshed (N77B), smooth-skinned, storage roots that are generally blocky to round elliptic. The skin color of ‘NCPUR13-0030’ is dark purple (N77A to N79B) (
Storage Root Yield. Yield comparisons of ‘NCPUR13-0030’ are with ‘Stokes Purple’ (‘NC413’) the most common purple grown in North Carolina and ‘Covington’, the major orange fleshed sweetpotato cultivar grown in North Carolina (Table 3). ‘NCPUR06-020’ is not used in trials for table stock use and was not in these trials. In the 9 replicated yield trials, ‘NCPUR13-0030’ averaged 152% of the total marketable yield (TMY) of ‘Stokes Purple’ and 106% the TMY of ‘Covington’. ‘NCPUR13-0030’ had a higher percentage of No. 1 roots, the most valuable class, and fewer jumbos and culls (59% No. 1, 25% canner, 11% jumbo, and 4% culls) compared to ‘Stokes Purple’ (51% No. 1, 16% canner, 19% jumbo and 14% culls). Thus, for ‘NCPUR13-0030’, the value per ton harvested is higher, in addition to the higher tonnage per acre, as compared to ‘Stokes Purple’.
Disease or Pest Resistance. The results of disease evaluations of ‘NCPUR13-0030’ are summarized in Table 4. Based on multiyear disease evaluations, ‘NCPUR13-0030’ is moderately resistant to Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum Schlect. f. sp. batatas (Wollenw.) Snyd. & Hans.), moderately susceptible to Streptomyces soil rot (Streptomyces ipomoeae (Person & W. J. Martin) Waksman & Henrici) and resistant to southern root knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid & White).
Long term storage. Sweetpotatoes from yield trials are stored and rated for the ability to last until the next crop season. They are rated on a visual pithiness scale from 0 to 4, where 0 has visible holes, to 4, where there is no visible pithiness, or they look like freshly harvested roots. This rating system is used as an estimate of how well the roots have lasted in storage. The sweetpotatoes are also rated for sprouting, another measure of long-term storage, which is also reflected in the pithiness score. ‘NCPUR13-0030’ had an average score of 2.6 averaged over 16 trials from 2014 to 2019 (Table 5). In the same years, ‘Covington’ averaged 2.4, ‘Stokes Purple’ averaged 2.4, and ‘NCPUR06-020’ averaged 2.8 on the pithiness scale, which are all considered good for storage ability. Thus, the storage ability of ‘NCPUR13-0030’ can be considered to be good. Sprouting in storage was minimal for ‘NCPUR13-0030’.
Flood tolerance. Flood tolerance for ‘NCPUR13-0030’ appears to be slightly less than ‘Covington’ under wet conditions. ‘Covington’ is considered tolerant to wet conditions, though any cultivar will be lost if submerged. ‘NCPUR13-0030’ will show a proliferation of lenticels under wet conditions.
Claims
1. A new and distinct cultivar of Ipomoea batatas plant named ‘NCPUR13-0030’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 15, 2021
Date of Patent: Apr 12, 2022
Assignee: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (Raleigh, NC)
Inventors: George Craig Yencho (Raleigh, NC), Kenneth Vincent Pecota (Raleigh, NC)
Primary Examiner: Kent L Bell
Application Number: 17/300,481
International Classification: A01H 5/06 (20180101); A01H 6/00 (20180101);