Processing French fries, Crisps

Sinora

Second early, high yielding and easy-to-grow variety for an early fries or crisping crop.

  • Early delivery straight from the field
  • High dry matter content
  • Good virus resistances
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Product manager Peter Geluk about Sinora

Sinora is an early variety for the processing industry. Peter Geluk will explain more about this french fry variety. This variety has early good tubers, good yield and has a good virus resistance..

Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity
    second early / 7
  • Light sprout colour
    blue violet / BV
  • Flower colour
    white / W
  • Number of berries
    very high / 4
  • Foliage - initial development
    fast / 8
  • 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 round / OR
  • Regularity of tuber shape
    quite regular / 6
  • Tuberisation
    quite high / 7
  • Tuber size
    quite large / 7
  • Regularity of size
    regular / 7
  • Dormancy
    average / 6

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Black spot (internal bruising)
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • 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
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Ethylene
    - / -
  • Underwater weight
    416
  • Dry matter content
    22,6%
  • Cooking type
    rather floury / B
  • Discolouration (after cooking)
    sensitive / 5
  • Raw discolouration
    sensitive / 5
  • Fries quality
    very good / 7,5
  • Dry matter distribution
    good / 7
  • Crisping quality
    good / 7
  • TGA-level
    8,2

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
    very susceptible / 4,5
  • Late blight - tuber
    susceptible / 5
  • Fusarium
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Common scab
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Powdery scab
    susceptible / 5
  • Black dot
    - / -
  • Wart disease F1
    - / -
  • Wart disease F6
    - / -
  • Wart disease F18
    - / -
  • Golden nematode Ro 1/4
    resistant / 9
  • Golden nematode Ro 2/3
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 2
    susceptible / 4
  • White nematode Pa 3
    susceptible / 2

Would you like to know more about the Sinora?

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