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Alouette

An early maincrop, versatile, red skin ware variety with late blight resistance in foliage and tuber, suitable for conventional and organic production.

  • Good tolerance against bruising
  • Suitable for cooking and home baked products
  • Good drought tolerance
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Product manager Adrie Omtzigt about Alouette

Product manager Adrie Omtzigt explains that this red-skinned Next Generation variety is well suitable for both organic and conventional production, even in warmer climats. 

Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity
    early maincrop / 6
  • Light sprout colour
    red violet / RV
  • Flower colour
    light purple / LP
  • Number of berries
    very high / 4
  • Foliage - initial development
    fast / 8
  • Foliage - final development
    good / 8
  • Foliage - firmness
    quite firm / 7,5
  • Skin colour
    red / R
  • Flesh colour
    yellow / 7,5
  • Skin finish
    good / 7
  • Tuber shape
    oval long / OL
  • Regularity of tuber shape
    regular / 7
  • Tuberisation
    average / 6
  • Tuber size
    quite large / 7
  • Regularity of size
    quite regular / 6,5
  • Dormancy
    average / 6

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Black spot (internal bruising)
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Growth cracks
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Harvest damage
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Bentazon
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Ethylene
    5% fewer tubers / 4
  • Underwater weight
    389
  • Dry matter content
    21,1%
  • Cooking type
    rather firm / AB
  • Discolouration (after cooking)
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Raw discolouration
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Fries quality
    above average / 6,5
  • Dry matter distribution
    - / -
  • Crisping quality
    - / -
  • TGA-level
    3,6

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll
    - / -
  • Virus - Yn
    slightly to not susceptible / 8
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber)
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Spraing
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Late blight - foliage
    slightly to not susceptible / 9
  • Late blight - tuber
    slightly to not susceptible / 9
  • Fusarium
    slightly susceptible / 7,5
  • Common scab
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Powdery scab
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Black dot
    - / -
  • Wart disease F1
    resistant / 10
  • Wart disease F6
    - / -
  • Wart disease F18
    - / -
  • Golden nematode Ro 1/4
    resistant / 9
  • Golden nematode Ro 2/3
    field resistant / 8
  • White nematode Pa 2
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 3
    - / -

Would you like to know more about the Alouette?

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

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