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Manitou

Maincrop ware variety with an attractive red skin with a high yield.

  • Large tubers
  • Good drought tolerance
  • Multiple potato cyst nematodes resistances
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Product manager Adrie Omtzigt about Manitou

Our product manager Adrie Omtzigt tells you more about the Manitou. This red-skinned variety has multiple resistances. It is a winner due to its exceptionally high yield potential and its good quality. 

Plant and tuber characteristics

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

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Black spot (internal bruising)
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Growth cracks
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Harvest damage
    sensitive / 5,5
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence
    very sensitive / 4
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence
    very sensitive / 3,5
  • Bentazon
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Ethylene
    15% to 25% more tubers / 7
  • Underwater weight
    351
  • Dry matter content
    19,4%
  • Cooking type
    rather floury / B
  • Discolouration (after cooking)
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Raw discolouration
    - / -
  • Fries quality
    below average / 5,5
  • Dry matter distribution
    - / -
  • Crisping quality
    unsuitable / 4,5
  • TGA-level
    3,4

Resistances

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

Background

Manitou is a red-skinned variety with yellow flesh. It was specially bred as an alternative to the Desiree variety and it offers a good yield and dry matter content, and has a long, oval shape. The variety is also resistant to Am, Ro1 and 3 and potato wart disease.

Manitou is a cross between the Maranca and Laura varieties and comes from the Mansholt breeding center, which has already developed many varieties for Agrico.

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Would you like to know more about the Manitou?

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