Spunta

Early maincrop ware variety with good heat tolerance and producing high yields.
  • Large tubers
  • Good drought tolerance
  • High dry matter content
Marketsegments
Traditional
Spunta nestjes met doorsnee
Spunta SNG CL®Agrico20
Agrico Aardappelveld

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
  • 5 low | 9 high
    Tuberisation:
    average / 6
  • Tuber size:
    large / 8
  • Regularity of size:
    regular / 7
  • 4 short | 8 long
    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
  • 3 very sensitive | 8 minimum tot none sensitive
    Bentazon:
    - / -
  • 4 poor result | 8 good result
    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.

If you have any specific questions about the Spuntaor would like to know what Agrico can do for you with respect to varieties, please feel free to contact us.

Martin Pot

Product Manager
Martin Pot

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