Riviera

A first early ware variety with an attractive skin, excellent heat tolerance, good virus resistance and early a good yield.

  • Large tubers
  • Beautiful appearance
  • Good virus resistances
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Product manager Peter Geluk about Riviera

Riviera is a traditional consumption variety for the early segment. Our Product Manager Peter Geluk will tell more about the resistances, the early yield and the cultivation.

Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity
    first early / 8
  • Light sprout colour
    blue violet / BV
  • Flower colour
    white / W
  • Number of berries
    very high / 4
  • Foliage - initial development
    quite fast / 7
  • Foliage - final development
    average / 7
  • Foliage - firmness
    average / 6,5
  • Skin colour
    yellow / Y
  • Flesh colour
    light yellow / 6
  • Skin finish
    excellent / 8
  • Tuber shape
    oval round / OR
  • Regularity of tuber shape
    quite regular / 6
  • Tuberisation
    quite low / 5
  • Tuber size
    quite large / 7,5
  • Regularity of size
    regular / 7
  • Dormancy
    average / 6

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Black spot (internal bruising)
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Growth cracks
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Harvest damage
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Bentazon
    - / -
  • Ethylene
    5% to 15% more tubers / 6
  • Underwater weight
    318
  • Dry matter content
    17,7%
  • Cooking type
    rather firm / AB
  • Discolouration (after cooking)
    sensitive / 5,5
  • Raw discolouration
    - / -
  • Fries quality
    unsuitable / 4,5
  • Dry matter distribution
    - / -
  • Crisping quality
    unsuitable / 4
  • TGA-level
    4,8

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Virus - Yn
    slightly to not susceptible / 8
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber)
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Spraing
    very susceptible / 4
  • Late blight - foliage
    very susceptible / 3
  • Late blight - tuber
    susceptible / 5
  • Fusarium
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Common scab
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Powdery scab
    very susceptible / 2
  • Black dot
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Wart disease F1
    resistant / 10
  • Wart disease F6
    - / -
  • 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 Riviera?

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