Piccolo Star is a second-early potato variety with good disease resistance and solid characteristics, making it a reliable choice for growers.
Tuber Characteristics:
- Maturity: Second Early
- Height of Plants: Short to medium
- Flower Colour: White
- Frequency of Berries: Few
Resistance to Damage, Pests, and Diseases:
- Resistance to Splitting and Bruising: Good
- Late Blight on Foliage: Medium
- Late Blight on Tubers: Low
- Powdery Scab (Spongospora subterranea): Medium
- Black Dot (Colletotrichum coccodes): High resistance
- Silver Scurf (Helminthosporium solani): High resistance
- Skin Spot (Polyscytalum pustulans): Medium
- Dry Rot (Fusarium coeruleum): Low
- Blackleg (Pectobacterium atrosepticum): Medium
- Common Scab (Streptomyces scabiei): Medium
- Potato Cyst Nematode (Ro1): High resistance
- Potato Cyst Nematode (Pa 2/3, 1): Susceptible