Thalia

Early maincrop, yellow flesh ware variety with potato cyst nematodes resistance and a good dormancy.
  • Attractive yellow flesh colour
  • Firm cooking
  • Good dry matter content
Marketsegments
Retail
Fresh
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Product manager Adrie Omtzigt about Thalia

Thalia is a yellow-fleshed, firm cooking retail variety from Agrico. Product Manager Adrie Omtzigt explains more about its stable cooking characteristics, high resistances and good storage qualities.

 

Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity:
    early maincrop / 5,5
  • Light sprout colour:
    red / R
  • Flower colour:
    white / W
  • Number of berries:
    above average / 5,5
  • Foliage - initial development:
    quite fast / 7
  • Foliage - final development:
    good / 8
  • Foliage - firmness:
    quite firm / 7,5
  • Skin colour:
    yellow / Y
  • Flesh colour:
    yellow / 7
  • Skin finish:
    above average / 6,5
  • Tuber shape:
    oval / O
  • Regularity of tuber shape:
    quite regular / 6,5
  • 5 low | 9 high
    Tuberisation:
    quite high / 7
  • Tuber size:
    quite large / 7
  • Regularity of size:
    quite regular / 6,5
  • 4 short | 8 long
    Dormancy:
    long / 8

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth:
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Black spot (internal bruising):
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Growth cracks:
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Harvest damage:
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence:
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence:
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • 3 very sensitive | 8 minimum tot none sensitive
    Bentazon:
    - / -
  • 4 poor result | 8 good result
    Ethylene:
    5% to 15% more tubers / 6
  • Underwater weight:
    385
  • Dry matter content :
    21%
  • Cooking type:
    firm / A
  • Discolouration (after cooking):
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Raw discolouration:
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Fries quality:
    average / 6
  • Dry matter distribution:
    - / -
  • Crisping quality:
    unsuitable / 5
  • TGA-level:
    3,3

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll:
    - / -
  • Virus - Yn:
    susceptible / 5
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber):
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Spraing:
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Late blight - foliage:
    susceptible / 5
  • Late blight - tuber:
    slightly susceptible / 7,5
  • Fusarium:
    slightly to not susceptible / 8
  • Common scab:
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Powdery scab:
    - / -
  • Black dot:
    very susceptible / 3,5
  • Wart disease F1:
    very susceptible / 1
  • Wart disease F6:
    - / -
  • Wart disease F18:
    - / -
  • Golden nematode Ro 1/4:
    susceptible / 3
  • Golden nematode Ro 2/3:
    susceptible / 2
  • White nematode Pa 2:
    field resistant / 8
  • White nematode Pa 3:
    field resistant / 7

Would you like to know more about the Thalia?

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

Ilie Patu

Product Manager
Ilie Patu

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