The Louisa potato is a Belgian variety developed by the Walloon Agricultural Research Centre (CRA-W) through traditional breeding methods. It is a cross between the Gasoré and Victoria varieties.
- Great frying quality
- Strong field resistance against late blight
- Long storability
Characteristics
- Skin colour: Yellow
- Flesh colour: Yellow
- Frying quality: Excellent / 2.0
- Tuber shape: Oval Round
- Tubers per plant: 11 - 13
- Maturity: Second early
- Dormancy: Average
- Berries: Rare
- Cooking type: AB
- Average tuber length: 71
- Washability: Decent
- Underwater weight: 410 - 430
- Dry matter content: 22 - 23%
Sensitivities
- Bruising: Slightly sensitive
- Mechanical damage: Slightly sensitive
- Growth cracks: Slightly sensitive
- Secondary growth: Quite sensitive
- Sencor (Metribuzin): Slightly sensitive
- Drought: Quite sensitive
- Hollow hearts: Not sensitive
Resistances
- Y virus: Slightly susceptible
- Yntn virus: Slightly susceptible
- Spraing: Slightly susceptible
- Tuber blight: Slightly susceptible
- Foliage blight: Slightly susceptible
- Fusarium: Slightly susceptible
- Common scab: Slightly susceptible
- Wart disease F1: Resistant / 10