Picasso

Maincrop ware variety with a yellow skin, prominent red eyes, good common scab resistance and suitable for long term storage.

  • High yielding
  • Good drought tolerance
  • Good tolerance against bruising and damage
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Plant and tuber characteristics

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

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Black spot (internal bruising)
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Growth cracks
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Harvest damage
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Bentazon
    - / -
  • Ethylene
    5% fewer to 5% more tubers / 5
  • Underwater weight
    381
  • Dry matter content
    20,8%
  • Cooking type
    rather floury / B
  • Discolouration (after cooking)
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Raw discolouration
    - / -
  • Fries quality
    unsuitable / 5
  • Dry matter distribution
    - / -
  • Crisping quality
    unsuitable / 4
  • TGA-level
    1,9

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll
    susceptible / 5
  • Virus - Yn
    slightly to not susceptible / 8
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber)
    susceptible / 5
  • Spraing
    susceptible / 5
  • Late blight - foliage
    susceptible / 5
  • Late blight - tuber
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Fusarium
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Common scab
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Powdery scab
    susceptible / 5
  • Black dot
    - / -
  • Wart disease F1
    resistant / 10
  • Wart disease F6
    quite susceptible / 5
  • 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 Picasso?

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

Peter Geluk
Product Manager
Peter Geluk