Description:
Derived from three cycles of recurrent mass selection from a population developed in Tifton, GA and coded as ZC 2451#(P)C3, which is a selected purple phenotype of the land race Zapalote Chico, originally from Oaxaca, Mexico and held at CIMMYT as Oaxaca Gpo.35.
OAXA GP35 (CIMMYTMA 132) is a composite formed in 1960 using landrace collections OAX 36, OAX 48, OAX 50, OAX 51, OAX 52, OAX 53, OAX 54, OAX 55, OAX 70, and OAX 103. These collections were of the Zapalote Chico Race and were collected in similar situations.