ND7519-1
Parentage: | ND3828-15 x W1353 | |
Developers: | North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station and North Dakota State University | |
Plant Variety Protection: | Will be applied for | |
Strengths: | Uniform tubers with beautiful bright white skin color; excellent chip quality | |
Weaknesses: | On the very rare occasion a purple streak has been noted in the tuber flesh at cutting for chips or seed | |
Incentives for production: | Good yield of bright white, smooth, uniform, round tubers; produces light chips from the filed and from 42F (5.5C) storage | |
Seed Availability: | Tissue culture plantlets, certified and breeder's seed is available from the NDSU Potato Breeding Program. Minitubers are available through the North Dakota State Seed Department and others. | |
Morphological Characteristics | ||
Plant: | Medium sized, fairly upright and vigorous. Has beautiful blue-purple flowers. | |
Tubers: | Bright white-skinned, round, and smooth tubers with white flesh and shallow eyes (slightly pink after cold 38F storage). | |
Agronomic Characteristics | ||
Vine Maturity: | Medium | |
Yield potential: |
Medium to high. | |
Utilization: | Chip processing and tablestock | |
Specific Gravity: |
High (+1.090 average across irrigated and non-irrigated locations) | |
Pests/Disorders: | No known significant susceptibilities or resistances | |
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, including Verticillium wilt resistance screening. |