Market segment - Organic
Organic
Market segment - Retail
Fresh
Market segment - Traditional
Traditional

Levante

An early maincrop, high yielding ware variety with a nice yellow skin and late blight resistance in foliage and tuber.
  • High tuberisation
  • Good skin finish
  • Good storability
Marketsegments
Market segment - Organic
Organic
Market segment - Retail
Fresh
Market segment - Traditional
Traditional
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Agrico Aardappelveld

Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity:
    early maincrop / 5,5
  • Light sprout colour:
    green red / GR
  • Flower colour:
    white / W
  • Number of berries:
    above average / 5,5
  • Foliage - initial development:
    quite fast / 7
  • Foliage - final development:
    good / 8
  • Foliage - firmness:
    quite firm / 7
  • Foliage - selectability:
    average / 6
  • Skin colour:
    yellow / Y
  • Flesh colour:
    light yellow / 6
  • Skin finish:
    good / 7
  • Tuber shape:
    long oval / LO
  • Regularity of tuber shape:
    quite regular / 6,5
  • Tuberisation:
    high / 8
  • Tuber size:
    quite large / 7
  • Regularity of size:
    regular / 7
  • Dormancy:
    average / 6,5

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth:
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Black spot (internal bruising):
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Growth cracks:
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Harvest damage:
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence:
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence:
    sensitive / 5,5
  • Bentazon:
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Ethylene:
    5% fewer tubers / 4
  • Underwater weight:
    365
  • Dry matter content:
    19,9%
  • Cooking type:
    rather floury / B
  • Discolouration after cooking:
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Raw discolouration:
    sensitive / 5,5
  • Fries quality:
    below average / 5,5
  • Dry matter distribution:
    - / -
  • Crisping quality:
    unsuitable / 4,5
  • TGA-level:
    4,73
  • Carvone oil:
    5% to 15% more tubers / 6
  • Dormancy:
    average / 6,5

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll:
    - / -
  • Virus - Yn:
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber):
    slightly to not susceptible / 8,5
  • Spraing:
    very susceptible / 4,5
  • Late blight - foliage:
    slightly to not susceptible / 8,5
  • Late blight - tuber:
    slightly susceptible / 7,5
  • Fusarium:
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Common scab:
    susceptible / 5
  • Powdery scab:
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Virus - A:
    - / -
  • Virus - X:
    - / -
  • Black dot:
    slightly susceptible / 7,5
  • Erwinia:
    - / -
  • Wart disease F1:
    - / -
  • Wart disease F6:
    - / -
  • Wart disease F18:
    - / -
  • Golden nematode Ro 1/4:
    resistant / 9
  • Golden nematode Ro 2/3:
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 2:
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 3:
    - / -

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