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Babylon

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

  • Excellent frying quality
  • Multiple virus resistances
  • Good storability
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Product manager Olaf van Campen about Babylon

Babylon is a yellow-fleshed potato variety and suitable for various markets. Our Product Manager Olaf van Campen will explain more about its virus resistance, storability and its excellent baking quality.

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
  • 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

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
    - / -
  • Black dot
    very susceptible / 4,5
  • 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
    - / -

Background

The Babylon variety came about in a rather unique way. The variety was not obtained by the normal crossing procedure, but was instead “found” as a mutant in a field with Agria. Babylon is therefore also one of the multipurpose varieties.

In most cases, mutations do not lead to a new variety and are naturally eliminated. However, when Mr R.K. Bakker from Oudeschip found the unusual plants among his field of Agria plants, he decided to propagate them separately. After two years of propagation, he decided to inform Agrico of his discovery and ask whether we also thought it might have added value. The Agria clone was included in the regular tests at Agrico Research, and after a number of years the mutation was found to be stable and sufficiently deviant from the Agria variety. In order for a mutant to be described and protected, it should have at least three characteristics that differ from the original variety. The Babylon variety turned out to have five such characteristics.

It took a long time to come up with the name of Babylon. An association with the original variety was initially desired, but this led to Babylonian confusion between the grower and Agrico. Eventually, in cooperation with the commercial staff, the name Babylon was chosen.

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Would you like to know more about the Babylon?

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

Ilie Patu
Productmanager
Ilie Patu