Spunta

Early maincrop ware variety with good heat tolerance and producing high yields.

  • Large tubers
  • Good drought tolerance
  • High dry matter content
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Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity
    early maincrop / 6
  • Light sprout colour
    blue violet / BV
  • Flower colour
    white / W
  • Number of berries
    below average / 6,5
  • 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
  • Skin finish
    average / 6
  • Tuber shape
    long / L
  • Regularity of tuber shape
    quite regular / 6
  • Tuberisation
    average / 6
  • Tuber size
    large / 8
  • Regularity of size
    regular / 7
  • Dormancy
    average / 6

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Black spot (internal bruising)
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Growth cracks
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Harvest damage
    very sensitive / 4
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Bentazon
    - / -
  • Ethylene
    - / -
  • Underwater weight
    387
  • Dry matter content
    21%
  • Cooking type
    floury / BC
  • Discolouration (after cooking)
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Raw discolouration
    - / -
  • Fries quality
    average / 6
  • Dry matter distribution
    - / -
  • Crisping quality
    below average / 5,5
  • TGA-level
    -

Resistances

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

Would you like to know more about the Spunta?

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.

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Martin Pot
Productmanager
Martin Pot