Variety Catalog – Agnes

BASIC DATA

Variety Name: Agnes
Earliness: medium early
Usage type: Edible

ORIGIN

Origin: M 88-429 x 344/89/447
Country of origin: Germany
Year of registration in Poland: 2005
Year of removal from the register: 2015
Breeder: Europlant Pflanzenzucht GmbH
The representative maintaining the variety in Poland: Europlant Handel Ziemniakami sp. z o.o.

COMPOSITION (CONTENT)

Starch content [%]: 16.6
Dry matter content [%]: 19.7
Vitamin C content [mg%]: 11.6
Glycoalkaloid content [mg/kg fresh weight]: 40.0
Solanine content in tubers [%]: 4.4

STORAGE

Storage Durability: 9
Recommended Storage Temperature for Seed Potatoes [°C]: 3
Recommended Storage Temperature for Edible/Processing Potatoes [°C]: 6
Bulb Dormancy Period: 9

TUBERS

Shape of tubers: Round-oval
Shape regularity: 7.1
Eye depth: 7.0
Bulb size: 7.5
Skin color:  yellow
Skin smoothness:  smooth
Flesh color:  light yellow
Sprout color:  red-violet

FLOWERS

Flower color:  Reddish-purple
Abundance of flowering: 2
Color of anthers:  Yellow-orange
Length of the pistil: Short

BUSH

Plant height: Low to medium
Thickness of the stem: 5
Plant habit type: Semi-erect

TASTE

Culinary type: BC-C
Taste: dobry
Taste [1-9]: 7.2

BROWNING OF THE FLESH

Raw after 4 hours: 8.1
Cooked after 10 min: 8.6
Cooked after 24 hours: 8.4

SUITABILITY FOR

Fries: Tak
Suitability for fries – index: 4.0
Chips: Tak
Suitability for chips – index: 6.8
Dried products: Tak
Canned and frozen products:
Salads:
Mashed potatoes, dumplings, pancakes, noodles:

TENDENCIES TO

Dark powdery mildew: 7
Bulb deformations: 4.0
Bulb cracking: 5
Rusty discoloration of the flesh: 5
Hollowness of bulbs:

POTATO NEMYTH

Pathotype resistance: Ro1

POTATO CANCER

Pathotype resistance: D1

VIRUSES

Potato Virus Y – PVY: 5-6
Response on tubers after PVYNTN infection: Tak
Leafroll Virus – PLRV: 7
Potato Virus M – PVM:
Potato Virus M – PVM [1-9]:
Potato Virus X – PVX:

POTATO BLIGHT

Leaf resistance to potato late blight: 5.0
Tuber resistance to potato late blight:

ROT

Tuber resistance to wet rot:
Tuber resistance to wet rot:

OTHER DISEASES

Tuber resistance to mechanical damage: 7
Plant resistance to blackleg:
Tuber resistance to common scab:
Tendency of tubers to silver scurf infection: 6.0
Tendency to tuber cracking

TOTAL YIELD

After 60 days from planting [dt/ha]:
After 75 days from planting [dt/ha]:
At the end of vegetation [dt/ha]: 440

COMMERCIAL YIELD

After 60 days from planting [dt/ha]:
After 75 days from planting [dt/ha]:
At the end of vegetation [dt/ha]: 407

COMMERCIAL YIELD AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL YIELD

After 60 days from planting [%]:
After 75 days from planting [%]:
At the end of vegetation [%]: 92

FERTILIZATION

Recommended nitrogen dose for early harvest [kg N/ha]:
Recommended nitrogen dose at the end of vegetation [kg N/ha]: 100

REQUIREMENTS

Soil:
Water:

OTHER INFORMATION

Level of difficulty in seed production: trudna
Number of tubers per plant [pcs]: 19.0
Number of stems [pcs/tuber 20g]: 3.0

GENERAL REMARKS

Vegetation period 138-143 days, elevated starch content, low resistance to PVY, significantly higher resistance to PLRV and potato blight, suitable for fries and chips.

Gallery

Variety Agnes – tubers
(photo by S. Wróbel)
Variety Agnes – sprouts
(photo by S. Wróbel)