High yielding and robust maincrop producing big tubers of an attractive and uniform round oval shape with shallow eyes and yellow skin & flesh. Belmonda comes up with an excellent storability and an outstanding resistance to heat and drought. Besides, it is strong against bruising, blackleg and internal rust.
Plant
- Maturity: Medium early
- Plant type: Intermediate
- Growth habit: Upright
- Color of flower: Red-violet
- Foliage development: Rapid
- Number of tubers: Medium, High
- Dormancy: High, Very high
Tuber characteristics
- Tuber shape: Round oval
- Flesh color: Yellow
- Eye depth: Very shallow, Shallow
- Skin color: Yellow
- Skin characteristic: Smooth
Resistances
- Nematodes: Ro 1, Ro 4
- Potato wart disease: Race 1
- Leaf blight: High
- Tuber blight: Medium, High
- Rhizoctonia: High
- Black leg: Medium, High
- Common scab: Medium
- Internal rust spot: Very high
- Second growth: Very high
- Silver scurf: Medium, High
- Damages: High
- Bruising: High
- PVY: Low
- PVY ntn: High
- PLRV: Medium
Yield and Quality
- Market outlet: Ware, Directmarketing, Pre-packing
- Yield: Very high
- Share oversize: Medium
- Share undersize: Low
- Cooking type: Fairly firm cooking
- After cooking discoloration: Low
- Discoloration raw: Low
- Dry matter content: Medium
