Lugano

Early maincrop, yellow flesh processing variety with good resistances to potato cyst nematodes.

  • Large tubers
  • Multiple resistances
  • Good storability
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Suggested fertiliser treatment
Nitrogen: standard advice.
Phosphate: standard advice.
Potassium: standard advice +20% to influence bruising and harvest damage.

Plant spacing
35/45mm: 25cm (44,500 plants/Ha).
45/55mm: 28cm (39,500 plants/Ha).

Herbicide sensitivity
Metribuzin (Sencorex) can be used.

Fungicides
Maintain a preventative spray program for Foliage Blight.

Storage
Long dormancy and is suitable for long term storage.

Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity
    early maincrop / 5,5
  • Light sprout colour
    red / R
  • Flower colour
    white / W
  • Number of berries
    below average / 7
  • Foliage - initial development
    quite fast / 7
  • Foliage - final development
    good / 8
  • Foliage - firmness
    quite firm / 7,5
  • Foliage - selectability
    quite easy / 7
  • Skin colour
    yellow / Y
  • Flesh colour
    light yellow / 6,5
  • Skin finish
    average / 6
  • Tuber shape
    oval long / OL
  • Regularity of tuber shape
    quite regular / 6
  • Tuberisation
    quite low / 5
  • Tuber size
    large / 8
  • Regularity of size
    regular / 7
  • Dormancy
    long / 8

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Black spot (internal bruising)
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Growth cracks
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Harvest damage
    very sensitive / 4,5
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Bentazon
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Ethylene
    5% to 15% more tubers / 6
  • Underwater weight
    394
  • Dry matter content
    21,4%
  • Cooking type
    rather floury / B
  • Discolouration after cooking
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Raw discolouration
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Fries quality
    good / 7
  • Dry matter distribution
    good / 7,5
  • Crisping quality
    below average / 5,5
  • TGA-level
    6,4
  • Carvone oil
    25% more tubers / 8
  • Dormancy
    long / 8

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll
    - / -
  • Virus - Yn
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber)
    slightly susceptible / 7,5
  • Spraing
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Late blight - foliage
    susceptible / 5
  • Late blight - tuber
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Fusarium
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Common scab
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Powdery scab
    slightly susceptible / 7,5
  • Virus - A
    - / -
  • Virus - X
    - / -
  • Black dot
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Erwinia
    - / -
  • Wart disease F1
    resistant / 10
  • Wart disease F6
    slightly susceptible / 9
  • Wart disease F18
    - / -
  • Golden nematode Ro 1/4
    resistant / 9
  • Golden nematode Ro 2/3
    resistant / 9
  • Golden nematode Ro 5
    resistant / 9
  • White nematode Pa 2
    resistant / 9
  • White nematode Pa 3
    resistant / 9

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