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Empress

Pomme de terre EMPRESS

BABY POTATO / SALAD POTATO

  • Potato variety with a high tuber number, medium to small tuber size adapted to the production of babies.
  • Good presentation, homogeneous oval shape, pale yellow flesh and yellow skin.
  • Good tolerance to common scab.
  • Rustic, good tolerance to late blight.

PLANT & TUBER

FOLIAGE MATURITYMEDIUM
EMERGENCEFAIRLY FAST
PLANT VIGOURHIGH
COOKING TYPEOVAL
SHAPE UNIFORMITYVERY GOOD
EYE DEPTHVERY SHALLOW
SKIN COLOURYELLOW
FLESH COLOURYELLOW
TUBER SIZEMEDIUM - SMALL
TUBER SETHIGH : 18-23

DISEASES

RESISTANCE TO FOLIAGE LATE BLIGHTHIGH
RESISTANCE TO TUBER LATE BLIGHTFAIRLY HIGH
RESISTANCE TO PITTED COMMON SCABFAIRLY HIGH
RESISTANCE TO NETTED COMMON SCABFAIRLY HIGH
RESISTANCE TO PVY(MEDIUM)
RESISTANCE TO PVYntnHIGH
RESISTANCE TO PCN G.rostochiensis ( Ro1-4)FULL
RESISTANCE TO PCN G.rostochiensis ( Ro2-3)LOW
RESISTANCE TO G.pallida (Pa2)FAIRLY LOW
RESISTANCE TO G.pallida (Pa3)NULL
RESISTANCE TO WART DISEASE (F1,F6,F18)FULL
RESISTANCE TO EARLY BLIGHTHIGH

QUALITY

YIELDFAIRLY HIGH
DRY MATTER CONTENTFAIRLY HIGH : 20-22%
DISINTEGRATIONVERY SLIGHT
AFTER COOKING DARKENINGVERY SLIGHT
COOKING TYPEA-B
FRYING COLOUR at harvestFAIRLY GOOD
STORAGE ABILITY(MEDIUM)

PHYSIOLOGY

DORMANCYSHORT
RESISTANCE TO EXTERNAL DAMAGEHIGH
RESISTANCE TO INTERNAL DAMAGEHIGH
RESISTANCE TO INTERNAL RUST SPOTVERY HIGH
RESISTANCE TO DESPROUTINGLOW
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