Alouette

An early maincrop, versatile, red skin ware variety with late blight resistance in foliage and tuber, suitable for conventional and organic production.

Good tolerance against bruising
Suitable for cooking and home baked products
Good drought tolerance

Variety Catalogue Cultivation Recommendation

Marketsegments

Organic

Processing

Convenience

Retail

Fresh

Traditional

Product manager Adrie Omtzigt about Alouette

Product manager Adrie Omtzigt explains that this red-skinned Next Generation variety is well suitable for both organic and conventional production, even in warmer climats.

Plant and tuber characteristics

Maturity:

early maincrop / 6
Light sprout colour:

red violet / RV
Flower colour:

light purple / LP
Number of berries:

very high / 4
Foliage - initial development:

fast / 8
Foliage - final development:

good / 8
Foliage - firmness:

quite firm / 7,5
Skin colour:

red / R
Flesh colour:

yellow / 7,5
Skin finish:

good / 7
Tuber shape:

oval long / OL
Regularity of tuber shape:

regular / 7
5 low | 9 high

Tuberisation:

average / 6
Tuber size:

quite large / 7
Regularity of size:

quite regular / 6,5
4 short | 8 long

Dormancy:

average / 6

Sensitivity and quality

Secondary growth:

quite sensitive / 6,5
Black spot (internal bruising):

slightly to not sensitive / 8
Growth cracks:

quite sensitive / 6,5
Harvest damage:

quite sensitive / 6
Metribuzin - pre-emergence:

slightly sensitive / 7,5
Metribuzin - post-emergence:

slightly sensitive / 7
3 very sensitive | 8 minimum tot none sensitive

Bentazon:

slightly sensitive / 7
4 poor result | 8 good result

Ethylene:

5% fewer tubers / 4
Underwater weight:

389
Dry matter content :

21,1%
Cooking type:

rather firm / AB
Discolouration (after cooking):

slightly sensitive / 7
Raw discolouration:

slightly sensitive / 7
Fries quality:

above average / 6,5
Dry matter distribution:

- / -
Crisping quality:

- / -
TGA-level:

3,6

Resistances

Virus - Leaf roll:

- / -
Virus - Yn:

slightly to not susceptible / 8
Virus - Yntn (tuber):

slightly susceptible / 7
Spraing:

susceptible / 5,5
Late blight - foliage:

slightly to not susceptible / 9
Late blight - tuber:

slightly to not susceptible / 9
Fusarium:

slightly susceptible / 7,5
Common scab:

slightly susceptible / 6
Powdery scab:

slightly susceptible / 6,5
Black dot:

- / -
Wart disease F1:

resistant / 10
Wart disease F6:

- / -
Wart disease F18:

- / -
Golden nematode Ro 1/4:

resistant / 9
Golden nematode Ro 2/3:

field resistant / 8
White nematode Pa 2:

- / -
White nematode Pa 3:

- / -

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The best way to guarantee a good harvest and the best return on your investment is to start out with healthy, high-quality seed potatoes and expert advice. At Agrico, we are committed to and invest in knowledge and research. This has enabled us to cultivate a wide range of unique potato varieties that display effective resistance, strong variety characteristics and a high yield. Naturally, the seed potatoes we supply are fully certified.

If you have any specific questions about the Alouetteor would like to know what Agrico can do for you with respect to varieties, please feel free to contact us.

Martin Pot

Product Manager

E varieties@agrico.nl

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