Babylon

Plant and tuber characteristics

• Maturity
  maincrop / 5
• Light sprout colour
  blue violet / BV
• Flower colour
  white / W
• Number of berries
  none / 8
• Foliage - initial development
  quite fast / 7
• Foliage - final development
  good / 8
• Foliage - firmness
  firm / 8
• Foliage - selectability
  average / 6,5
• Skin colour
  yellow / Y
• Flesh colour
  yellow / 7
• Skin finish
  average / 6
• Tuber shape
  oval long / OL
• Regularity of tuber shape
  regular / 7
• Tuberisation
  average / 6
• 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
• Harvest damage
  sensitive / 5,5
• Metribuzin - pre-emergence
  slightly sensitive / 7,5
• Metribuzin - post-emergence
  slightly sensitive / 7,5
• Bentazon
  slightly sensitive / 7,5
• Ethylene
  5% fewer to 5% more tubers / 5
• Underwater weight
  401
• Dry matter content
  21,7%
• Cooking type
  floury / BC
• Discolouration after cooking
  slightly sensitive / 7
• Raw discolouration
  slightly sensitive / 7
• Fries quality
  excellent / 8
• Dry matter distribution
  good / 7
• Crisping quality
  good / 7
• TGA-level
  5,2
• Carvone oil
  15% to 25% more tubers / 7
• Dormancy
  long / 8

Resistances

• Virus - Leaf roll
  - / -
• Virus - Yn
  slightly susceptible / 7,5
• Virus - Yntn (tuber)
  slightly susceptible / 7
• Spraing
  slightly susceptible / 6,5
• Late blight - foliage
  susceptible / 5,5
• Late blight - tuber
  slightly susceptible / 6,5
• Fusarium
  slightly susceptible / 7
• Common scab
  susceptible / 5
• Powdery scab
  - / -
• Virus - A
  - / -
• Virus - X
  - / -
• Black dot
  very susceptible / 4,5
• Erwinia
  - / -
• Wart disease F1
  resistant / 10
• Wart disease F6
  - / -
• Wart disease F18
  - / -
• Golden nematode Ro 1/4
  field resistant / 8
• Golden nematode Ro 2/3
  - / -
• White nematode Pa 2
  - / -
• White nematode Pa 3
  - / -