AMBRA

High yielding variety of attractive appearance. Tubers size early; excellent washing quality. Good resistance to environmental stress. Rather long dormancy period. Good storage capability. Low to medium specific gravity.

NOTE: plant in warm soil because of slow early development.

Utilization: no discoloration after cooking; tasty; very good for baking, boiling and steaming.

Chief Market: fresh market.

Why Ambra
 

• Early maturity and tuberisation
• Very attractive bright skin
• Uniform tuber size and shape
• Good storability

Botanical Features:
 

• Plants: medium, semi-upright; stems weakly pigmented (located in leaf axils and upwards); nodes slightly swollen.
• Leaves: medium green, semi-open; midribs and petioles weakly pigmented; slightly wavy margins; medium deep veins.
• Terminal leaflets: medium ovate; tip acuminate; base cordate.
• Primary leaflets: narrowly ovate; tip cuspidate; base cordate.
• Secondary and tertiary leaflets: moderately numerous.
• Flowers: medium profusion; white corolla; flower buds strongly pigmented; peduncle weakly pigmented.
• Tubers: oval; smooth yellow skin; shallow eyes, predominantly apical; non prominent eyebrows; yellow flesh.
• Sprouts: broad cylindrical; red-violet; base strongly pigmented, moderately pubescent; tip very weakly pigmented, strongly pubescent, closed habit.

Reaction to Diseases:
 

• Immune: potato wart (race 1).
• Resistant: golden nematode (Globodera rostochiensis Ro1, Ro4).
• Moderately susceptible: common scab.
• Susceptible: late blight.