ND8304-2
| Parentage: | ND860-2 x ND7083-1 | |
| 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: | Small tuber size profile | |
| 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 may also be ordered through Valley Tissue Culture and the North Dakota State Seed Department. | |
| Morphological Characteristics | ||
| Plant: | Small to medium sized, though vigorous. Has pale red-purple flowers. | |
| Tubers: | Bright white-skinned, round, and smooth tubers with white flesh and shallow eyes. | |
| Agronomic Characteristics | ||
| Vine Maturity: | Medium early | |
| Yield potential: |
Medium | |
| Utilization: | Chip processing and tablestock | |
| Specific Gravity: |
High (1.089 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. In its first year of evaluation for reaction to metribuzin, it appears tolerant. |
