Promising New Taro Cultivars with Resistance to Taro Leaf Blight: 'Pa'lehua', 'Pa'akala', and 'Pauakea'

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Title:	Promising New Taro Cultivars with Resistance to Taro Leaf Blight: 'Pa'lehua', 'Pa'akala', and 'Pauakea'
Author:	Trujillo, Eduardo E; Menezes, Thomas D; Cavaletto, Catherine G; Shimabuku, Robin; Fukuda, Steven K
Date:	2002-04
Publisher:	University of Hawaii
Citation:	Trujillo EE, Menezes TD, Cavaletto CG, Shimabuku R, Fukuda SK. 2002. Promising new taro cultivars with resistance to taro leaf blight: 'Pa'lehua', 'Pa'akala', and 'Pauakea'. Honolulu (HI): University of Hawaii. 4 p. (New Plants for Hawaii; NPH-7).
Abstract:	New high-yielding taro cultivars resulted from a cross between taro leaf blight susceptible ‘Maui Lehua’ and a blight resistant cultivar from Palau. The licensing agreement mentioned in the publication no longer applies, as the university has released the cultivars into the public domain.
Series/Report No.:	7 New Plants for Hawaii
Pages/Duration:	4 pages
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/12179
Keywords:	taro, Colocasia esculenta, plant breeding, disease resistance, Phytophthora colocasiae, Hawaii