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Agata

First early, rather firm cooking ware variety with an attractive smooth skin and a high yield.

  • Uniform tuber shape and size
  • Good virus resistances
  • Good tolerance against bruising and damage
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Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity
    first early / 8
  • Light sprout colour
    red violet / RV
  • Flower colour
    white / W
  • Number of berries
    above average / 5
  • Foliage - initial development
    fast / 8
  • Foliage - final development
    good / 8
  • Foliage - firmness
    average / 6
  • Skin colour
    yellow / Y
  • Flesh colour
    light yellow / 6
  • Skin finish
    excellent / 8
  • Tuber shape
    oval / O
  • Regularity of tuber shape
    regular / 7
  • Tuberisation
    high / 8
  • Tuber size
    quite large / 7
  • Regularity of size
    quite regular / 6
  • 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
    5% fewer to 5% more tubers / 5
  • Underwater weight
    316
  • Dry matter content
    17,6%
  • Cooking type
    rather firm / AB
  • Discolouration (after cooking)
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Raw discolouration
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Fries quality
    unsuitable / 4
  • Dry matter distribution
    - / -
  • Crisping quality
    unsuitable / 4
  • TGA-level
    8

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Virus - Yn
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber)
    slightly to not susceptible / 8
  • Spraing
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Late blight - foliage
    susceptible / 5
  • Late blight - tuber
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Fusarium
    susceptible / 5
  • Common scab
    susceptible / 5
  • Powdery scab
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Black dot
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Wart disease F1
    resistant / 10
  • 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
    - / -

Would you like to know more about the Agata?

The best way to guarantee a good harvest and the best return on your investment is to start out with healthy, high-quality seed potatoes and expert advice. At Agrico, we are committed to and invest in knowledge and research. This has enabled us to cultivate a wide range of unique potato varieties that display effective resistance, strong variety characteristics and a high yield. Naturally, the seed potatoes we supply are fully certified.

If you have any specific questions about the Agataor would like to know what Agrico can do for you with respect to varieties, please feel free to contact us.

Adrie Omtzigt
Productmanager
Adrie Omtzigt