Commodity: Groundnut
| Name of variety | Edorkpo-Munikpa |
|---|---|
| Commodity | Groundnut |
| National Code | GH/Ah/006/15 |
| Origin/Source | CSIR-SARI |
| Applicant | CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute |
| Preferred Ecology | Guinea and Sudan savannah ecologies of Ghana |
|---|---|
| Pedigree/Line | F5-derived line selected from a cross between ‘F-mix’ as the female parent and ICGS 66 as the male parent. |
| Year of release | 2005 |
| Year of registry | 2015 |
Virginia botanical cultivar possessing alternate branching habit.
It has a spreading-bunch growth habit with medium green leaves.
Matures in 90 days.
Yield approximately 2.0 t/ha.
The pods are typically two-seeded, slightly beaked, and the constriction between the seeds is slight with a 100 seed weight of 65 g.
The seeds are medium sized with a dark tan testa color.
Contains 48% oil.
Early maturity and suitable for all ecologies in northern Ghana. Suitable for oil extraction and confectionary products. Moderately resistant to early and late leaf spot infections caused by Cercospora arachidicola S. Hori and Cercosporidium personatum (Berk. & Curt.) Deighton, respectively