Abstract
The Laal-e-Faisal (Pearl of Pakistan) potato variety was selected at Kaghan by the Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan, from a seedling tuber population of the cross Chieftain × B7160-4. The variety was tested at agricultural centers and in growers’ fields under the pedigree FB9003-3. Laal-e-Faisal is adapted particularly to summer, fall, and spring producing areas of the Punjab, Pakistan. Tubers are high in solids (20-24%), produce light-colored chips, and are excellent in flavor and texture as a boiled or fried product. Laal-e-Faisal shows tolerance to field infiltration by major potato viruses, including leafroll. It shows significant tolerance to late blight, scab, and frost. It has not shown unusual susceptibility to other major potato viruses, early blight,Rhizoctonia, black leg,Fusarium tuber rot, and/or bacterial wilt.
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