Retail
Fresh
Traditional

Salvera

Maincrop ware variety with a nice shape, uniform sized and a good skin finish.
  • Creamy flesh colour
  • Good dry matter content
  • Good virus resistances
Marketsegments
Retail
Fresh
Traditional
Salvera GRB CL©Agrico20
Salvera SNG CL©Agrico20
Agrico Aardappelveld
22 07 16 Bloeiend Veld Van T Zet 0026
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Product manager Ilie Patu about Salvera

Our product manager Ilie Patu explains more about the Salvera, a maincrop ware variety with good resistances and a high tolerance against drought. 

Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity:
    maincrop / 4,5
  • Light sprout colour:
    red violet / RV
  • Flower colour:
    white / W
  • Number of berries:
    low / 7,5
  • Foliage - initial development:
    quite fast / 7,5
  • Foliage - final development:
    good / 8
  • Foliage - firmness:
    quite firm / 7,5
  • Skin colour:
    yellow / Y
  • Flesh colour:
    cream / 5,5
  • Skin finish:
    good / 7
  • Tuber shape:
    oval / O
  • Regularity of tuber shape:
    regular / 7,5
  • 5 low | 9 high
    Tuberisation:
    average / 6
  • Tuber size:
    quite large / 7,5
  • Regularity of size:
    regular / 7

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:
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence:
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence:
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • 3 very sensitive | 8 minimum tot none sensitive
    Bentazon:
    - / -
  • 4 poor result | 8 good result
    Ethylene:
    15% to 25% more tubers / 7
  • Underwater weight:
    351
  • Dry matter content :
    19,3%
  • Cooking type:
    rather floury / B
  • Discolouration (after cooking):
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Raw discolouration:
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Fries quality:
    good / 7
  • Dry matter distribution:
    - / -
  • Crisping quality:
    average / 6
  • TGA-level:
    2,3

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll:
    - / -
  • Virus - Yn:
    slightly susceptible / 7,5
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber):
    slightly to not susceptible / 8
  • Spraing:
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Late blight - foliage:
    very susceptible / 4
  • Late blight - tuber:
    susceptible / 5
  • Fusarium:
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Common scab:
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Powdery scab:
    very susceptible / 4
  • Black dot:
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Wart disease F1:
    resistant* / 10*
  • 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:
    - / -

Would you like to know more about the Salvera?

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 Salveraor would like to know what Agrico can do for you with respect to varieties, please feel free to contact us.

Ilie Patu

Product Manager
Ilie Patu

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