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Spectra
Market segment - Retail
Fresh
Market segment - Traditional
Traditional
Spectra
Second early, high yielding ware variety with a very regular tuber shape and an attractive smooth skin.
Large tubers
Good tuberisation
Uniform tuber size
Cultivation Recommendation
Marketsegments
Market segment - Retail
Fresh
Market segment - Traditional
Traditional
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Plant and tuber characteristics
Maturity:
second early / 7
Light sprout colour:
red violet / RV
Flower colour:
white / W
Number of berries:
very high / 4
Foliage - initial development:
fast / 8
Foliage - final development:
quite good / 7,5
Foliage - firmness:
average / 6,5
Foliage - selectability:
average / 6
Skin colour:
yellow / Y
Flesh colour:
light yellow / 6
Skin finish:
very good / 7,5
Tuber shape:
oval round / OR
Regularity of tuber shape:
regular / 7,5
5 low | 9 high
Tuberisation:
quite high / 7
Tuber size:
quite large / 7,5
Regularity of size:
quite regular / 6,5
4 short | 8 long
Dormancy:
quite short / 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:
quite sensitive / 6
Metribuzin - pre-emergence:
slightly sensitive / 7
Metribuzin - post-emergence:
slightly sensitive / 7,5
3 very sensitive | 8 minimum tot none sensitive
Bentazon:
slightly to not sensitive / 8
4 poor result | 8 good result
Ethylene:
5% fewer to 5% more tubers / 5
Underwater weight:
324
Dry matter content :
17,9%
Cooking type:
rather firm / AB
Discolouration after cooking:
quite sensitive / 6
Raw discolouration:
very sensitive / 4
Fries quality:
unsuitable / 4,5
Dry matter distribution:
- / -
Crisping quality:
unsuitable / 4
TGA-level:
4,7
Resistances
Virus - Leaf roll:
- / -
Virus - Yn:
slightly susceptible / 6
Virus - Yntn (tuber):
slightly susceptible / 7
Spraing:
susceptible / 5
Late blight - foliage:
very susceptible / 4,5
Late blight - tuber:
slightly susceptible / 6
Fusarium:
susceptible / 5,5
Common scab:
susceptible / 5
Powdery scab:
very susceptible / 4
Virus - A:
- / -
Virus - X:
- / -
Black dot:
susceptible / 5
Erwinia:
- / -
Wart disease F1:
resistant / 10
Wart disease F6:
- / -
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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