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Agostino

Early maincrop red skin ware variety with late blight resistance in foliage and tuber.
  • Large tubers
  • Good tuberisation
  • Good dry matter content
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Organic
Traditional
Retail
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Product manager Douwe Werkman about Agostino

Agostino is a red-skinned Next Generation variety from Agrico. Product Manager Douwe Werkman explains that this variety is highly resistant to Phytophthora.

 

Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity:
    early maincrop / 5,5
  • Tuber shape:
    oval round / OR
  • Flesh colour:
    light yellow / 6,5
  • 5 low | 9 high
    Tuberisation:
    quite high / 7
  • Tuber size:
    quite large / 7,5
  • Skin colour:
    red / R
  • Flower colour:
    light purple / LP
  • Number of berries:
    none / 4
  • Foliage - initial development:
    fast / 8
  • Foliage - final development:
    good / 8
  • Foliage - selectability:
    average / 6,5
  • Foliage - firmness:
    quite firm / 7,5
  • Light sprout colour:
    red / R
  • Regularity of tuber shape:
    regular / 7
  • Regularity of size:
    quite regular / 6,5
  • Skin finish:
    good / 7

Sensitivity and quality

  • Underwater weight:
    387
  • Cooking type:
    floury / BC
  • 4 short | 8 long
    Dormancy:
    quite long / 7
  • Harvest damage:
    sensitive / 5,5
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence:
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence:
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • 3 very sensitive | 8 minimum tot none sensitive
    Bentazon:
    - / -
  • 4 poor result | 8 good result
    Ethylene:
    5% to 15% more tubers / 6
  • Secondary growth:
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Growth cracks:
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Black spot (internal bruising):
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Dry matter content :
    21
  • Dry matter distribution:
    - / -
  • TGA-level:
    -
  • Raw discolouration:
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Gray discolouration (after cooking):
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Fries quality:
    average / 6
  • Crisping quality:
    unsuitable / 5
  • Carvone oil:
    - / -

Resistances

  • Late blight - foliage:
    slightly to not susceptible / 8,5
  • Late blight - tuber:
    slightly to not susceptible / 9
  • Common scab:
    susceptible / 5
  • Golden nematode Ro 1/4:
    - / -
  • Golden nematode Ro 2/3:
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 2:
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 3:
    - / -
  • Powdery scab:
    - / -
  • Fusarium:
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Erwinia:
    - / -
  • Black dot:
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Spraing:
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Virus - Leaf roll:
    - / -
  • Virus - A:
    - / -
  • Virus - X:
    - / -
  • Virus - Yn:
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber):
    very susceptible / 4,5
  • Wart disease F1:
    resistant / 10
  • Wart disease F6:
    - / -
  • Wart disease F18:
    - / -

Would you like to know more about the Agostino?

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 Agostinoor would like to know what Agrico can do for you with respect to varieties, please feel free to contact us.

Ilie Patu

Product Manager
Ilie Patu

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