Variety Catalog – Ametyst

BASIC DATA

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

ORIGIN

Origin: PW 353 x Likaria
Country of origin: Poland
Year of registration in Poland: 2009
Year of removal from the register:
Breeder: PMHZ Strzekęcin
The representative maintaining the variety in Poland: Pomorsko Mazurska Hodowla Ziemniaka sp. z o.o.

COMPOSITION (CONTENT)

Starch content [%]: 14.4
Dry matter content [%]: 23.0
Vitamin C content [mg%]: 13.3
Glycoalkaloid content [mg/kg fresh weight]: 133.0
Solanine content in tubers [%]:

STORAGE

Storage Durability: 3
Recommended Storage Temperature for Seed Potatoes [°C]: 3
Recommended Storage Temperature for Edible/Processing Potatoes [°C]: 5
Bulb Dormancy Period: 8

TUBERS

Shape of tubers: Round-oval
Shape regularity: 6.6
Eye depth: 8.0
Bulb size: 7.0
Skin color:  yellow
Skin smoothness:  Medium smooth
Flesh color:  creamy
Sprout color:  Reddish-purple

FLOWERS

Flower color:  biały
Abundance of flowering:  3
Color of anthers: 
Length of the pistil:

BUSH

Plant height: medium
Thickness of the stem:
Plant habit type: Intermediate

TASTE

Typ kulinarny: BC
Taste : Quite good
Taste [1-9]: 6.2

BROWNING OF THE FLESH

Raw after 4 hours: 4.0
Cooked after 10 min:
Cooked after 24 hours: 7.0

SUITABILITY FOR

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

TENDENCIES TO

Dark powdery mildew: 5
Bulb deformations: 1.0
Bulb cracking: 4
Rusty discoloration of the flesh: 1
Hollowness of bulbs: 3

POTATO NEMYTH

Pathotype resistance: Ro1, Ro3, Ro4

POTATO CANCER

Pathotype resistance: D1

WIRUSY

Potato Virus Y – PVY: 9
Response on tubers after PVYNTN infection:
Leafroll Virus – PLRV: 5-6
Potato Virus M – PVM: bardzo odporna
Potato Virus M – PVM [1-9]: 8.0
Potato Virus X – PVX:

POTATO BLIGHT

Leaf resistance to potato late blight: 6.0
Tuber resistance to potato late blight:

ROT

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

OTHER DISEASES

Tuber resistance to mechanical damage: 3
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]: 644

COMMERCIAL YIELD

After 60 days from planting [dt/ha]:
After 75 days from planting [dt/ha]:
At the end of vegetation [dt/ha]: 625

COMMERCIAL YIELD AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL YIELD

After 60 days from planting [%]:
After 75 days from planting [%]:
At the end of vegetation [%]: 97

FERTILIZATION

Recommended nitrogen dose for early harvest [kg N/ha]:
Recommended nitrogen dose at the end of vegetation [kg N/ha]: 120

REQUIREMENTS

Soil:
Water:

OTHER INFORMATION

Level of difficulty in seed production: łatwa
Number of tubers per plant [pcs]: 24.4
Number of stems [pcs/tuber 20g]: 2.3

GENERAL REMARKS

It possesses the Rm gene – full resistance to PVY

Gallery

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