Agria

Maincrop, yellow fleshed processing variety with a good yield and a very stable quality.

  • Processing | Retail | Traditional
  • Excellent frying quality
  • Multiple virus resistances
  • Good storability

Suitable markets

Traditional

Processing

Fries, Chips, Convenience

Retail

Fresh

Organic

Agria GRB CL®Agrico20
Agria SNG CL®Agrico20
Agria2 FF®Agrico20

Most important Agria characteristics

Plant and tuber

  • Maturity
    Maincrop | 5
  • Tuber shape
    Oval long
  • Flesh Colour
    Yellow | 7
  • 5 low | 9 high
    Tuberisation
    Low | 5
  • 5 small | 8 large
    Tuber size
    Large | 8
  • Skin colour
    Yellow
  • Flower colour
    White
  • 4 none | 8 many
    Number of berries
    Many | 8
  • 4 slow | 8 fast
    Foliage: - initial development
    Average | 7
  • 4 slow | 8 fast
    Foliage: - final development
    Fast | 8
  • Foliage: - selectability
    Quite easy | 7
  • 4 weak | 8 firm
    Foliage: - firmness
    Quite firm | 7
  • Lightsprout colour
    Blue-violet
  • 4 irregular | 8 regular
    Regularity of tuber shape
    Regular | 7
  • 5 irregular | 8 regular
    Regularity of size
    Regular | 7
  • 3 insufficient | 8 excellent
    Skin finish
    Quite good | 6

Sensitivity and quality

  • 6 average | 9 high
    Relative yield
    High | 9
  • 300 low | 500 high
    Underwater weight
    402
  • A firm | AB rather firm | B rather floury | BC floury | C floury
    Cooking type
    Floury | BC
  • 4 short | 8 long
    Dormancy
    Long | 8
  • Harvest damage
    Sensitive | 5
  • 4 very sensitive | 8 minimum to none sensitive
    Secondary growth
    Quite sensitive | 6
  • 4 very sensitive | 8 minimum to none sensitive
    Growth cracks
    Quite sensitive | 6,5
  • 4 very sensitive | 8 minimum to none sensitive
    Black spot
    Quite sensitive | 6
  • 17% low | 26,5% high
    Dry matter content
    21,8%
  • 5 moderate | 8 excellent
    Dry matter distribution
    Average | 6,5
  • 1 very low | 11 quite high
    TGA level
    2,7
  • 4 very sensitive | 8 minimum to none sensitive
    Raw discolouration
    Minimum sensitive | 7
  • 4 very sensitive | 8 minimum to none sensitive
    Gray discolouration (after cooking)
    Minimum sensitive | 7
  • 4 unsuitable | 8 excellent
    Fries quality
    Excellent | 8
  • 4 unsuitable | 8 excellent
    Crisping quality
    Good | 7

Resistance

  • Late blight foliage
    Susceptible | 5,5
  • Late blight tuber
    Minimum susceptible | 7
  • Common scab
    Very susceptible | 4,5
  • PCN Ro 1/4
    Resistant | 9
  • PCN Ro 2/3
    -
  • PCN Pa 2
    Susceptible | 2
  • PCN Pa 3
    Susceptible | 2
  • Powdery scab
    Very susceptible | 3
  • Fusarium
    Minimum susceptible | 6,5
  • Erwinia
    -
  • Black dot
    -
  • Spraing
    Minimum susceptible | 7
  • Leafroll
    Minimum susceptible | 6
  • Virus - A
    Minimum to non susceptible | 9
  • Virus - X
    Minimum to non susceptible | 8
  • Virus - Yn
    Minimum to non susceptible | 8
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber symptoms)
    Minimum susceptible | 7
  • Wart disease F1
    Slightly susceptible | 9
  • Wart disease F6
    Quite susceptible | 6
  • Wart disease F18
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Douwe Werkman

Would you like to know more about the Agria?

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

Douwe Werkman

Product Manager