Safrane

SAFRANE

Safrane
Variety Name: SafraneRights Holder | Breeder: INRACountry of Origin: France FranceYear of of introduction: 1991
Safrane is a table potato variety.
 
  • Early productive variety.
  • Regular tubers showing highly homogeneous grading.
  • Good taste, acceptable frying quality.
  • Suitable for second season with the fairly short dormancy.

Plant and Tuber
 
  • Foliage maturity: early
  • Emergence: moderate
  • Plant vigour: high
  • Skin colour: yellow
  • Flesh colour: pale yellow
  • Tuber shape: long oval
  • Shape uniformity: good
  • Eye depth: very shallow
  • Tuber size: large

Quality and Use
 
  • Yield: high Dry matter content: low
  • Cooking type: b
  • Disintegration: very slight
  • Darkening after cooking: none
  • Fry colour at harvest: moderate
  • Storage ability: moderate

Pests & Diseases
 
  • Resistance to foliage late blight: fairly low
  • Resistance to tuber late blight: moderate
  • Resistance to pitted common scab: fairly high
  • Resistance to netted common scab: fairly low
  • Resistance to PVY: moderate
  • Resistance to PCN g.ROSTOCHIENSIS (RO 1-4): null

Physiology
 
  • Dormancy: very short
  • Resistance to external damage: fairly high
  • Resistance to internal damage: high
  • Resistance to internal rust spot: high
  • Resistance to Desprouting: moderate

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