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Levante

An early maincrop, high yielding ware variety with a nice yellow skin and resilient to late blight in foliage and tuber.

  • High tuberisation
  • Good skin finish
  • Good storability
Variety Catalogue Cultivation recommendation
Levante GRB©Agrico21 Met Stempel800x448
Levante SNG CL®Agrico20
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Agrico Aardappelveld

Plant and tuber characteristics

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

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Black spot (internal bruising)
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Growth cracks
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Harvest damage
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence
    sensitive / 5,5
  • Bentazon
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Ethylene
    5% fewer tubers / 4
  • Underwater weight
    365
  • Dry matter content
    19,9%
  • Cooking type
    rather floury / B
  • Discolouration after cooking
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Raw discolouration
    sensitive / 5,5
  • Fries quality
    below average / 5,5
  • Dry matter distribution
    - / -
  • Crisping quality
    unsuitable / 4,5
  • TGA-level
    4,73
  • Carvone oil
    5% to 15% more tubers / 6
  • Dormancy
    average / 6,5

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll
    - / -
  • Virus - Yn
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber)
    slightly to not susceptible / 8,5
  • Spraing
    very susceptible / 4,5
  • Late blight - foliage
    slightly to not susceptible / 8,5
  • Late blight - tuber
    slightly susceptible / 7,5
  • Fusarium
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Common scab
    susceptible / 5
  • Powdery scab
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • 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
    resistant / 9
  • Golden nematode Ro 2/3
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 2
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 3
    - / -