Market segment - Processing
French fries, Crisps, Convenience
Market segment - Retail
Fresh
Market segment - Traditional
Traditional

Babylon

Maincrop, yellow fleshed processing variety with a good yield and a very stable quality.
  • Excellent frying quality
  • Multiple virus resistances
  • Good storability
Marketsegments
Market segment - Processing
French fries, Crisps, Convenience
Market segment - Retail
Fresh
Market segment - Traditional
Traditional
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Agrico Aardappelveld

Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity:
    maincrop / 5
  • Light sprout colour:
    blue violet / BV
  • Flower colour:
    white / W
  • Number of berries:
    none / 8
  • Foliage - initial development:
    quite fast / 7
  • Foliage - final development:
    good / 8
  • Foliage - firmness:
    firm / 8
  • Foliage - selectability:
    average / 6,5
  • Skin colour:
    yellow / Y
  • Flesh colour:
    yellow / 7
  • Skin finish:
    average / 6
  • Tuber shape:
    oval long / OL
  • Regularity of tuber shape:
    regular / 7
  • Tuberisation:
    average / 6
  • Tuber size:
    large / 8
  • Regularity of size:
    regular / 7
  • Dormancy:
    long / 8

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth:
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Black spot (internal bruising):
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Growth cracks:
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Harvest damage:
    sensitive / 5,5
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence:
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence:
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Bentazon:
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Ethylene:
    5% fewer to 5% more tubers / 5
  • Underwater weight:
    401
  • Dry matter content:
    21,7%
  • Cooking type:
    floury / BC
  • Discolouration after cooking:
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Raw discolouration:
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Fries quality:
    excellent / 8
  • Dry matter distribution:
    good / 7
  • Crisping quality:
    good / 7
  • TGA-level:
    5,2
  • Carvone oil:
    15% to 25% more tubers / 7
  • Dormancy:
    long / 8

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll:
    - / -
  • Virus - Yn:
    slightly susceptible / 7,5
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber):
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Spraing:
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Late blight - foliage:
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Late blight - tuber:
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Fusarium:
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Common scab:
    susceptible / 5
  • Powdery scab:
    - / -
  • Virus - A:
    - / -
  • Virus - X:
    - / -
  • Black dot:
    very susceptible / 4,5
  • Erwinia:
    - / -
  • Wart disease F1:
    resistant / 10
  • Wart disease F6:
    - / -
  • Wart disease F18:
    - / -
  • Golden nematode Ro 1/4:
    field resistant / 8
  • Golden nematode Ro 2/3:
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 2:
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 3:
    - / -

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