Diamant

A versatile, early maincrop variety with good heat tolerance, a high yield and suitable for home fries.

  • Excellent frying quality
  • Good virus resistances
  • Suitable for a second crop
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Plant and tuber characteristics

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

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Black spot (internal bruising)
    sensitive / 5
  • Growth cracks
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Harvest damage
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Bentazon
    - / -
  • Ethylene
    - / -
  • Underwater weight
    420
  • Dry matter content
    23%
  • Cooking type
    rather floury / B
  • Discolouration (after cooking)
    very sensitive / 4
  • Raw discolouration
    - / -
  • Fries quality
    good / 7
  • Dry matter distribution
    - / -
  • Crisping quality
    average / 6
  • TGA-level
    10,2

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Virus - Yn
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber)
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Spraing
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Late blight - foliage
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Late blight - tuber
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Fusarium
    susceptible / 5
  • Common scab
    very susceptible / 4,5
  • Powdery scab
    very susceptible / 3
  • Black dot
    - / -
  • Wart disease F1
    resistant / 10
  • Wart disease F6
    quite susceptible / 6
  • 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 Diamant?

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

Douwe Werkman
Productmanager
Douwe Werkman