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Medium-early maturing potato variety with excellent chip
quality and high to very high yields.
Crossbreeding:
Agria x Bru s 82 78
Maturing time:
Medium-early with good tuber setting.
Yield:
Very high with regular selection in a normal growth period.
Use:
A medium-early, constant quality variety for the chip industry.
Tuber:
- tubers are oval and shallow
- yellow skin
- yellow flesh
- high dry matter content
- good storage capacity
- good germinative capacity
Leaves:
Fast, high developing leaves giving good coverage. High number
of stems
Resistance:
Resistant to potato cyst nematode Ro1 and Ro4 and wart disease.
Resistant to all viral diseases. Is fairly resistant to:
Bacterial ring rot, brown-colouring, scurf, bruising and damage
caused during harvesting. The phytophthora resistance in the
leaves is good, and excellent in the tuber.
seedpotatoes
Cultivation:
Accurate planting distance and moderate nitrogen fertilization
recommended.
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