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Researcher invents virus resistant, high yielding Irish potato variety

By Robert Amalemba | Sep. 16, 2014

Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology lecturer, Prof Hassan Were, who has invented a new potato variety. INSET: The potatoes. [PHOTO:CHRISPEN SECHERE/STANDARD]

Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology lecturer, Prof Hassan Were, who has invented a new potato variety.[PHOTO:CHRISPEN SECHERE/STANDARD]

Kenya: A researcher at Masinde Muliro University (MMUST) has discovered a new variety of Irish potato, which is set to increase farmers’ yields.

Prof Hassan Were said the new Irish potato variety called Mayan Gold is resistant to viral infections, matures in four months and can yield up to 34 tonnes per acre.

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