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Amorosa

A second early, red skin ware variety with a good yield.

  • Large tubers
  • Good drought tolerance
  • Good tolerance against bruising and damage
Cultivation recommendation
Websitefoto's HR Amorosa GRB CL©Agrico20
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Amorosa
Agrico Aardappelveld

Plant and tuber characteristics

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

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Black spot (internal bruising)
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Growth cracks
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Harvest damage
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Bentazon
    - / -
  • Ethylene
    - / -
  • Underwater weight
    349
  • Dry matter content
    19,2%
  • Cooking type
    rather firm / AB
  • Discolouration after cooking
    sensitive / 5
  • Raw discolouration
    - / -
  • Fries quality
    unsuitable / 5
  • Dry matter distribution
    - / -
  • Crisping quality
    unsuitable / 4
  • TGA-level
    -
  • Carvone oil
    5% fewer tubers / 4
  • Dormancy
    short / 4

Resistances

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

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