Processing Crisps, Flakes

Beyonce

An early maincrop, crisping variety with a good dry matter content, suitable for medium term storage and with natural resistance against late blight in foliage and tuber.

  • Large tubers
  • Good dormancy
  • Quite high tuberisation
Next Generation Beyonce
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Beyonce CHP®Agrico20
Agrico Aardappelveld
©Agrico Gmpro Beyonce 9846

Suggested fertiliser treatment
Nitrogen: standard advice.
Phosphate: standard advice.
Potassium: standard advice +25% to reduce bruising and harvest damage.

Plant spacing
35/45mm: 21cm (53,000 plants/Ha).
45/55mm: 24cm (46,000 plants/Ha).
Spacing figures for 90cm row width.

Herbicide sensitivity
Metribuzin (Sencorex) can be used.

Storage
Good dormancy and is suitable for long term storage.

Plant and tuber characteristics

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

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Black spot (internal bruising)
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Growth cracks
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Harvest damage
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Bentazon
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Ethylene
    5% fewer to 5% more tubers / 5
  • Underwater weight
    446
  • Dry matter content
    23,9%
  • Cooking type
    floury / BC
  • Discolouration after cooking
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Raw discolouration
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Fries quality
    good / 7
  • Dry matter distribution
    average / 6,5
  • Crisping quality
    excellent / 8
  • TGA-level
    6,5
  • Carvone oil
    15% to 25% more tubers / 7
  • Dormancy
    quite long / 7

Resistances

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

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