The Benjamin variety is an early-maturing sweet potato developed by the International Potato Center (CIP) in Peru. It is also known by the identifiers PZ06.077 and INIA 307.
- Excellent taste
- Produces large tubers
Tuber Characteristics
- Shape: Oval to round
- Skin color: Yellow
- Flesh color: Light yellow to yellow
- Size: Large
- Tuber count: Medium
- Eye depth: Medium to shallow
Disease Resistance
- Potato wart disease: Resistant to Pathotype 1
- Nematodes: Resistant to Ro1
- Leaf roll virus: Medium to low susceptibility
- Y-virus: Low susceptibility
- Late blight: Medium to low susceptibility
- Tuber blight: Medium susceptibility
- Scab: Medium susceptibility
- Rhizoctonia: Medium to low susceptibility