Alouette

An early maincrop, versatile, red skin ware variety, with natural resistance against late blight in foliage and tuber, and suitable for conventional and organic production.

  • Excellent eating characteristics
  • Blight resistant
  • Suitable for conventional and organic production
Next Generation Alouette
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Agrico Aardappelveld
Alouette op een plank

Suggested fertiliser treatment
Nitrogen: standard advice -10%.
Potassium: standard advice +20%.
Phosphate: standard advice.

Plant spacing
35/45mm: 24cm (46,300 plants/Ha).
45/55mm: 28cm (39,600 plants/Ha).
Spacing figures for 90cm row width.

Herbicide sensitivity
Metribuzin (Sencorex) can cause discolouration of the foliage.

Harvest
Allow skins to fully set before harvest.

Storage
Average dormancy and is suitable for medium to long term storage.

Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity
    early maincrop / 6
  • Light sprout colour
    red violet / RV
  • Flower colour
    light purple / LP
  • Number of berries
    very high / 4
  • Foliage - initial development
    fast / 8
  • Foliage - final development
    good / 8
  • Foliage - firmness
    quite firm / 7,5
  • Foliage - selectability
    average / 6
  • Skin colour
    red / R
  • Flesh colour
    yellow / 7,5
  • Skin finish
    good / 7
  • Tuber shape
    oval long / OL
  • Regularity of tuber shape
    regular / 7
  • Tuberisation
    average / 6
  • Tuber size
    quite large / 7
  • Regularity of size
    quite regular / 6,5
  • Dormancy
    average / 6

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Black spot (internal bruising)
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Growth cracks
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Harvest damage
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Bentazon
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Ethylene
    5% fewer tubers / 4
  • Underwater weight
    389
  • Dry matter content
    21,1%
  • Cooking type
    rather firm / AB
  • Discolouration after cooking
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Raw discolouration
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Fries quality
    above average / 6,5
  • Dry matter distribution
    - / -
  • Crisping quality
    - / -
  • TGA-level
    3,6
  • Carvone oil
    5% to 15% more tubers / 6
  • Dormancy
    average / 6
  • Mutation rate
    This variety may exhibit a high mutation rate. Therefore, the use of carvone oil is discouraged. / Use of carvone oil can provoke mutations.

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll
    - / -
  • Virus - Yn
    slightly to not susceptible / 8
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber)
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Spraing
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Late blight - foliage
    slightly to not susceptible / 9
  • Late blight - tuber
    slightly to not susceptible / 9
  • Fusarium
    slightly susceptible / 7,5
  • Common scab
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Powdery scab
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Virus - A
    - / -
  • Virus - X
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Black dot
    - / -
  • Erwinia
    - / -
  • Wart disease F1
    resistant / 10
  • Wart disease F6
    - / -
  • Wart disease F18
    - / -
  • Golden nematode Ro 1/4
    resistant / 9
  • Golden nematode Ro 2/3
    field resistant / 8
  • Golden nematode Ro 5
    susceptible / 4
  • White nematode Pa 2
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 3
    - / -

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