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Lugano

Early maincrop, yellow flesh processing variety with good resistances to potato cyst nematodes.

  • Large tubers
  • Multiple resistances
  • Good storability
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Product manager Martin Pot about Lugano

Our product manager Martin Pot explains the special features of Lugano, an early maincrop variety. He tells you more about the resistances of this variety and the reason why this variety is popular among seed potato and table potato growers. . 

Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity
    early maincrop / 5,5
  • Light sprout colour
    red / R
  • Flower colour
    white / W
  • Number of berries
    below average / 7
  • Foliage - initial development
    quite fast / 7
  • Foliage - final development
    good / 8
  • Foliage - firmness
    quite firm / 7,5
  • Skin colour
    yellow / Y
  • Flesh colour
    light yellow / 6,5
  • Skin finish
    average / 6
  • Tuber shape
    oval long / OL
  • Regularity of tuber shape
    quite regular / 6
  • Tuberisation
    quite low / 5
  • 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 / 6,5
  • Harvest damage
    very sensitive / 4,5
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Bentazon
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Ethylene
    5% to 15% more tubers / 6
  • Underwater weight
    394
  • Dry matter content
    21,4%
  • Cooking type
    rather floury / B
  • Discolouration (after cooking)
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Raw discolouration
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Fries quality
    good / 7
  • Dry matter distribution
    good / 7,5
  • Crisping quality
    below average / 5,5
  • TGA-level
    6,9

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll
    - / -
  • Virus - Yn
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber)
    slightly susceptible / 7,5
  • Spraing
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Late blight - foliage
    susceptible / 5
  • Late blight - tuber
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Fusarium
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Common scab
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Powdery scab
    slightly susceptible / 7,5
  • Black dot
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Wart disease F1
    resistant / 10
  • Wart disease F6
    slightly susceptible / 9
  • Wart disease F18
    - / -
  • Golden nematode Ro 1/4
    resistant / 9
  • Golden nematode Ro 2/3
    resistant / 9
  • White nematode Pa 2
    resistant / 9
  • White nematode Pa 3
    resistant / 9

Would you like to know more about the Lugano?

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

Background

Lugano originated from a cross between two parent lines, both of which were selected to achieve resistance to potato fatigue. Lugano scores a 9, the highest possible score, for both pathotypes Pa2 and Pa3 (DE) known in the Netherlands. The variety is also resistant to Globodera rostochiensis pathotype Ro1 and Ro3. The cherry on the cake is the variety’s additional resistance to potato wart disease physio 1 and 6. This puts Lugano on the O and D list of the NVWA (Netherlands Food & Consumer Product Safety Authority), which means that the variety can be grown on all soil types throughout the Netherlands. Lugano is mainly used in the fries industry and in the Fish and Chips market in the UK.

Of all the proposed names submitted by various people, Mr. Vos (a passionate breeder and a true Agrico man) thought Lugano sounded the most international. Lugano is also a town in the south of Switzerland with a lake of the same name. Although potatoes are hardly found there, the residents eat enormous quantities of fries.

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