DITTA

DITTA
Variety Name: DittaRights Holder | Breeder: NIEDER OSTERREICHISCHE SAATBAUGENOSSENSCHAFTCountry of Origin: Austria AustriaYear of of introduction: 1989Parentage: BINTJE
Medium-early ripening, robust Austrian potato variety. Waxy potato with a yellow, smooth, firm skin and an aromatic, balanced taste. Ideal for salads. Needs medium-heavy soils, regular nutrient and water supply. High nematode resistance. Suitable for conventional and organic cultivation.

Plant and tuber characteristics
 
  • Maturity: early maincrop / 6
  • Light sprout colour: blue violet
  • Flower colour: white
  • Number of berries: none / 4
  • Foliage: - initial development: quite fast / 7,5
  • Foliage: - final development: good / 8
  • Foliage: - selectability: average / 6,5
  • Foliage: - plant firmness: quite firm / 7
  • Flesh colour: light yellow / 6,5
  • Skin colour: yellow
  • Skin finish: good / 7
  • Tuber size: quite large / 7
  • Tuber shape: long oval
  • Regularity of tuber shape: regular / 7
  • Tuberisation: quite high / 7
  • Regularity size: quite regular / 6,5

Sensitivity and quality
 
  • Dormancy: quite long / 7
  • Metribuzin: slightly sensitive / 7
  • Bentazon: quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Ethylene: - / -
  • Secondary growth: quite sensitive / 6
  • Growth cracks: quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Black spot (internal bruising): slightly sensitive / 7
  • Harvest damage: sensitive / 5,5
  • Underwater weight: 369
  • Dry matter content: 20,2%
  • Dry matter distribution: - / -
  • TGA - level: -
  • Crisping quality: unsuitable / 4
  • Fries quality: below average / 5,5
  • Cooking type: firm / A
  • Raw discolouration: very sensitive / 4
  • Discolouration after cooking: quite sensitive / 6

Resistances
 
  • Golden nematode Ro 1/4: resistant / 9
  • Golden nematode Ro 2/3: - / -
  • White nematode Pa 2: - / -
  • White nematode Pa 3: - / -
  • Late blight-foliage: susceptible / 5,5
  • Late blight-tuber: slightly susceptible / 7
  • Common scab: slightly susceptible / 6
  • Powdery scab: slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Fusarium: slightly susceptible / 6
  • Erwinia: slightly susceptible / 7
  • Black dot: slightly susceptible / 6
  • Spraing: susceptible / 5
  • Virus - Leaf Roll: slightly susceptible / 7
  • Virus - A: slightly to not susceptible / 9
  • Virus - X: slightly to not susceptible / 8
  • Virus - Yn: slightly susceptible / 7,5
  • Virus - Yntn: susceptible / 5
  • Wart disease F1: resistant / 10
  • Wart disease F6: - / -
  • Wart disease F18: - / -