Betty

INDUSTRIAL POTATO VARIETY FOR CRISP PROCESSING

  • BETTY is an early potato variety with white flesh, very well adapted to crisp processing for up to 4 months of storage.
  • Tubers of very regular shape, very uniform in size, little sensitive to mechanical damage and common scab.
  • Yield comparable to market benchmarks in this segment.

PLANT
EMERGENCEFAST
PLANT VIGOURMODERATE
FOLIAGE MATURITYEARLY
TUBER
TUBER SHAPESHORT OVAL
SHAPE UNIFORMITYGOOD
EYE DEPTHSHALLOW
SKIN COLORYELLOW
FLESH COLOURWHITE
TUBER SIZELARGE
TUBER SETMODERATE
QUALITY
YIELDFAIRLY HIGH
DRY MATTER CONTENTHIGH (22-24%)
DISINTEGRATIONFAIRLY SLIGHT
AFTER COOKING DARKENINGSLIGHT
COOKING TYPEC
FRYING COLOUR at harvestVERY GOOD
STORAGE ABILITYMODERATE
DISEASES
RESISTANCE TO FOLIAGE LATE BLIGHTFAIRLY LOW
RESISTANCE TO TUBER LATE BLIGHTMODERATE
RESISTANCE TO EARLY BLIGHTHIGH
RESISTANCE TO PVYMODERATE
RESISTANCE TO PVYntnVERY HIGH
RESISTANCE TO PITTED COMMON SCABFAIRLY HIGH
RESISTANCE TO NETTED COMMON SCABFAIRLY HIGH
RESISTANCE TO WART pathovar 1FULL
RESISTANCE TO PCN G.rostochiensis (Ro1-4)FULL
RESISTANCE TO PCN G.pallida (Pa2-3)NULL
PHYSIOLOGY
DORMANCYMEDIUM
RESISTANCE TO DESPROUTINGFAIRLY LOW
RESISTANCE TO EXTERNAL DAMAGEFAIRLY HIGH
RESISTANCE TO INTERNAL DAMAGEFAIRLY HIGH
RESISTANCE TO INTERNAL RUST SPOTVERY HIGH