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
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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
  • Tuberisation
    quite high / 7
  • Tuber size
    quite large / 7
  • Regularity of size
    quite regular / 6,5
  • 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
  • Bentazon
    - / -
  • 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 Babylonor would like to know what Agrico can do for you with respect to varieties, please feel free to contact us.

Ilie Patu
Productmanager
Ilie Patu