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Picasso

Maincrop ware variety with a yellow skin, prominent red eyes, good common scab resistance and suitable for long term storage.

  • High yielding
  • Good drought tolerance
  • Good tolerance against bruising and damage
Variety Catalogue Cultivation recommendation
Picasso nestje met doorsnee
Picasso SNG CL®Agrico20
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Agrico Aardappelveld

Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity
    maincrop / 5
  • Light sprout colour
    red violet / RV
  • Flower colour
    white / W
  • Number of berries
    very high / 4
  • Foliage - initial development
    average / 6,5
  • Foliage - final development
    good / 8
  • Foliage - firmness
    quite firm / 7,5
  • Foliage - selectability
    quite easy / 7
  • Skin colour
    yellow with red eyes / Y/R
  • Flesh colour
    light yellow / 6
  • Skin finish
    average / 6
  • Tuber shape
    oval / O
  • Regularity of tuber shape
    quite regular / 6
  • Tuberisation
    average / 6
  • Tuber size
    large / 8
  • Regularity of size
    regular / 7
  • Dormancy
    long / 8

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Black spot (internal bruising)
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Growth cracks
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Harvest damage
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Bentazon
    - / -
  • Ethylene
    5% fewer to 5% more tubers / 5
  • Underwater weight
    381
  • Dry matter content
    20,8%
  • Cooking type
    rather floury / B
  • Discolouration after cooking
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Raw discolouration
    - / -
  • Fries quality
    unsuitable / 5
  • Dry matter distribution
    - / -
  • Crisping quality
    unsuitable / 4
  • TGA-level
    1,9
  • Carvone oil
    15% to 25% more tubers / 7
  • Dormancy
    long / 8

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll
    susceptible / 5
  • Virus - Yn
    slightly to not susceptible / 8
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber)
    susceptible / 5
  • Spraing
    susceptible / 5
  • Late blight - foliage
    susceptible / 5
  • Late blight - tuber
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Fusarium
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Common scab
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Powdery scab
    susceptible / 5
  • Virus - A
    - / -
  • Virus - X
    slightly to not susceptible / 9
  • Black dot
    - / -
  • Erwinia
    susceptible / 5
  • Wart disease F1
    resistant / 10
  • Wart disease F6
    quite susceptible / 5
  • Wart disease F18
    - / -
  • Golden nematode Ro 1/4
    resistant / 9
  • Golden nematode Ro 2/3
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 2
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 3
    - / -