DESIREE

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Desiree
Variety Name: DesireeRights Holder | Breeder: ZPCCountry of Origin: Netherlands NederlandYear of of introduction: 1962
Maincrop maturity, with high yields and early bulking. Medium dry matter, firm cooked texture, good boiling, fresh French fry, and mashing quality. High resistance to drought and good resistance to potato virus Yo and powdery scab.

Susceptible to potato cyst nematode Globodera rostochiensis Ro1 and Globodera pallida Pa2/3,1, and mis-shapes on heavy soils. Moderately susceptible to spraying and mild mosaic viruses.

Features
 
  • Big size tubers
  • Good yield
  • Broad adaptation
  • Good dry matter content
  • Good storability

Plant and tuber

  • Maturity: Medium late
  • Tuber shape: Oval
  • Flesh Colour: Light Yellow
  • Tuber size: Large
  • Skin colour: Red
  • Flower colour: Red violet

News for this Potato Variety

Tecnología coreana fortalece la producción de papa a través de semillas certificadas. (Cortesía: Nicole Vargas)
november 14, 2023

Bolivia: desarrollos tecnológicos para el cultivo de papa

En Bolivia, dos organizaciones publico-privadas desarrollaron un proyecto de comunidades modelo de producción de papa con el fin de actualizar los métodos de trabajo en el país.
Bolivia
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Europatat Adapt
maart 08, 2023

ADAPT news: Upcoming round of phenotyping potato stress acclimation in focus lines

The Horizon 2020 EU project Accelerated Development of multiple-stress tolerAnt PoTato (ADAPT), in which Europatat is participating, aims at developing new strategies to make potatoes fit for the challenging growth conditions of the future.
Czech Republic
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ADAPT news: Proteome profiling to understand multi-stress response in potato
januari 17, 2023

ADAPT news: Proteome profiling to understand multi-stress response in potato

The Horizon 2020 EU project Accelerated Development of multiple-stress tolerAnt PoTato (ADAPT), in which Europatat is participating, aims at developing new strategies to make potatoes fit for the challenging growth conditions of the future.
Austria
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University of Idaho researchers developing nematode resistant potatoes.
januari 04, 2023

University of Idaho researchers developing nematode resistant potatoes

University of Idaho researchers are introducing genes from a plant in the nightshade family into potatoes, seeking to develop spuds that resist harmful nematodes.  The plant, called ‘litchi tomato’, has natural resistance to several species of cyst and root-knot nematodes.
United States
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