Agata

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GENERAL

• Origin & Breeding: bred by Svalöf Weibull A.B., from the cross (BM 52-72 X Sirco) in Emmeloord (The Netherlands) in 1976.
• Year registered in Canada: 2002
• Registration number: 5498
• Maturity: early to mid-season

BOTANICAL FEATURES

• Plants: medium height, spreading; thin stems, not pigmented; moderately prominent straight single wings; nodes slightly swollen with no pigmentation; produce a high number of branches.
• Leaves: medium green, semi-open; midribs and petioles not pigmented.
  Terminal leaflets: broadly ovate; tip acute; base obtuse to cordate and slightly asymmetrical; strongly wavy margins.
  Primary leaflets: four to five pairs; medium ovate; tip acute; base obtuse to cordate, moderately asymmetrical.
• Flowers: few, medium size white corolla; orange anthers; flower buds and peduncles not pigmented.
• Tubers: oval to oblong; light yellow smooth skin; shallow eyes, intermediate in number, evenly distributed; slightly prominent eyebrows; yellow flesh.
• Sprouts: broad cylindrical; red-violet, weakly pigmented; moderately pubescent; long lateral shoots; tip has closed habit.

AGRICULTURAL FEATURES

High yielding variety. Tubers are very uniform in shape and present good resistance to internal bruising. Low dry matter content. Medium storage ability.

• Utilization: firm flesh; good baked, boiled and for salad; not suitable for french fries or chips.
• Chief Market:  fresh market.

REACTION TO DISEASES

Immune: potato wart.
Resistant: golden nematode (Globodera rostochiensis Ro1).
Good resistance: PVYⁿ.
Moderately resistant: tuber late blight, leaf roll, fusarium dry rot.
Susceptible: leaf late blight, PVX, common scab.

References:   1, 7.

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