Description:
VA 781621 / PI 476823, cross made in 1988. VA 781621 is PI 295216 (from Israel) / MC-Fla.14. PI 476823 is a cv. from China with resistance to leaf spot. A single plant selection was made in the F4 generation in 1992; however, testa color was still segregating. Individual plant selections for pink testa color were made in the F8 (1966) and F9 (1997). The F10 plants all had pink testa and were bulked and selfed to the present F14 generation.