Oboshie

NATIONAL CATALOGUE OF CROP VARIETIES 2019

Oboshie

Commodity: Groundnut

Basic Information
Name of variety Oboshie
Commodity Groundnut
National Code GH/Ah/015/15
Origin/Source ICRISAT
Applicant CSIR-Crops Research Institute
Cultivation Details
Preferred Ecology Savannah, forest-savannah transtion, semi deciduous forest
Pedigree/Line ICGV 98412
Year of release 2012
Year of registry 2015
Variety Traits
Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability

Growth habit: Semi-erect;

 Leaf colour: Light green;

 Terminal leaf shape: Elliptic;

 Flowers on main stem; 

Flower pattern: sequential; 

Variety with monochrome testa only;

 Kernel: lack of dormancy;

 Market types: (Spanish);

 Leaf colour: Light green;

 Seed colour: brown; 

Days to 50% flowering: 26;

 Days to maturity:105-110;

 Pod length: 3.98cm; 

Pod width:1.85cm;

 Seed length: 2.09;

 seed diameter:1.20cm;

 Seeds/pod: 2; 

Pod beak: Slight; 

Pod constriction: Moderate; 

Shelling percentage: 67

Value for Cultivation and Use

Good flavour; Sweet taste; Confectionery; Zinc:2.56(mg/100g); Iron: 3.62(mg/100g); Phosphorus: 848.88(mg/100g); Calcium 448.9(mg/100g); Magnesium: 330.53(mg/100g); % Moisture: 5.59; % Ash :2.48; % Protein: 34.13; % Fat: 46.49; % Fibre: 4.54; % Carbohydrate: 6.78; % WBC :266.15; % Solubility :61.09; Swelling power: 14.95; pH: 6.52; 1000 seed weight: 856 g; Pod yield: 2.6 tons/ha

Breeders
J. Y. Asibuo
Breeder
H.K. Adu-Dapaah
Breeder
S. Amoah
Breeder
S.N.T.T Addy (CSIR-CRI)
Breeder
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