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Manitou

Maincrop ware variety with an attractive red skin with a high yield.

  • Large tubers
  • Good drought tolerance
  • Multiple potato cyst nematodes resistances
Variety Catalogue Cultivation recommendation
Manitou nestje met doorsnee
Manitou SNG CL®Agrico20
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Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity
    maincrop / 5
  • Light sprout colour
    red violet / RV
  • Flower colour
    purple / P
  • Number of berries
    above average / 5
  • Foliage - initial development
    quite fast / 7
  • Foliage - final development
    good / 8
  • Foliage - firmness
    quite firm / 7
  • Foliage - selectability
    quite easy / 7
  • Skin colour
    red / R
  • Flesh colour
    light yellow / 6
  • Skin finish
    good / 7
  • Tuber shape
    long oval / LO
  • Regularity of tuber shape
    quite regular / 6,5
  • Tuberisation
    quite high / 7
  • Tuber size
    large / 8
  • Regularity of size
    regular / 7
  • Dormancy
    quite short / 5,5

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Black spot (internal bruising)
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Growth cracks
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Harvest damage
    sensitive / 5,5
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence
    very sensitive / 4
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence
    very sensitive / 3,5
  • Bentazon
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Ethylene
    15% to 25% more tubers / 7
  • Underwater weight
    351
  • Dry matter content
    19,4%
  • Cooking type
    rather floury / B
  • Discolouration after cooking
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Raw discolouration
    - / -
  • Fries quality
    below average / 5,5
  • Dry matter distribution
    - / -
  • Crisping quality
    unsuitable / 4,5
  • TGA-level
    3,4
  • Carvone oil
    5% fewer tubers / 4
  • Dormancy
    quite short / 5,5

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll
    - / -
  • Virus - Yn
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber)
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Spraing
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Late blight - foliage
    susceptible / 5
  • Late blight - tuber
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Fusarium
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Common scab
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Powdery scab
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Virus - A
    - / -
  • Virus - X
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Black dot
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Erwinia
    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
    resistant / 9
  • R_Golden nematode Ro 5
    field resistant* / 7*
  • White nematode Pa 2
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 3
    - / -