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Variety overview Ukraine
Picasso
Market segment - Traditional
Traditional
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
Cultivation Recommendation
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Market segment - Traditional
Traditional
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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
5 low | 9 high
Tuberisation:
average / 6
Tuber size:
large / 8
Regularity of size:
regular / 7
4 short | 8 long
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
3 very sensitive | 8 minimum tot none sensitive
Bentazon:
- / -
4 poor result | 8 good result
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
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:
- / -
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