ATND99331-2PintoY
Parentage: | Inca Gold x COA94019-5R | |
Developers: | North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station and North Dakota State University | |
Plant Variety Protection: | Will be applied for | |
Strengths: | Uniform round to oval tubers with buff skin splashed with medium-dark purple; tubers have medium-dark yellow flesh. Yield is high and culinary quality is excellent. | |
Weaknesses: | Limited to fresh market utilization | |
Incentives for production: | Good yield of attractive, uniform, round tubers. Excellent flavor when prepared in a variety of recipes. | |
Seed Availability: | Tissue culture plantlets, certified and breeder's seed is available from the NDSU Potato Breeding Program | |
Morphological Characteristics | ||
Plant: | Large and vigorous vine. Flowers are purple and foliage exhibits some anthocyanin pigmentation. | |
Tubers: | Buff colored and splashed with purplse. Tubers are round to oval, and smooth, with shallow eyes. Tuber flesh is medium-dark yellow. | |
Agronomic Characteristics | ||
Vine Maturity: | Medium | |
Yield potential: |
High | |
Utilization: | Tablestock. Excellent culinary quality when used for steaming, boiling, mashing, soups, stews and potato salad. Makes light yellow colored lefse. | |
Specific Gravity: |
Low (1.070 average across irrigated and non-irrigated locations) | |
Pests/Disorders: | No known significant susceptibilities or resistances. Common scab and silver scurf have occasionally been noted, as has hollow heart. | |
Storability: | Stores well | |
Other: | Early in evaluation process for cultivar specific management information, including nitrogen fertility rates, with-in row spacing, and disease resistance evaluations. Sets about 10 to 12 tubers per plant and tubers size rapidly. Monitor tuber size beginning August 1 in northern production areas as tubers bulk rapidly. |