Potato Varieties

Lady Rosetta (LR) is the potato variety with red skin, round, uniform tuber with relatively shallow for crisp quality production, either fresh or from storage. This variety is majorly used in the potato chips manufacturing around the world.

Taurus is an early maincrop variety, suitable for crisping. In trials it demonstrated resistance to PCN Ro1, skin spot, black dot, dry rot (F. coeruleum), silver scurf and powdery scab.

This tasty Russet Skin variety with medium maturity is the first russet-skinned variety from HZPC.

The Santana potato has a light-yellow skin colour and crème colour of flesh. It a medium early ripening variety with High Yield. It has Big long oval tubers and It is extremely competent for processing due to the colour structure it takes when cooked.

Avamond is a potato variety developed for use in the production of flakes and granules (i.e. dried potato products). It offers a good balance of yield and processing quality, especially in systems where nitrogen input and cost efficiency are important.

FC5 potato variety is known for its lower moisture content, making it ideal for snack production, particularly potato chips.

The Kiebitz is an early-maturing chip potato known for its exceptionally stable long-term cold storage while maintaining top-quality processing characteristics.

Verdi is a medium early crisps variety. It also can be used for the production of starch and dehydrated potatoes. The quality of the crisps is excellent even after long term storage. Resistant against PCN Ro1, 4 and potato wart disease 1, late blight and blackleg.

Linus is a medium-early potato variety for processing into French fries and combines an extremely high yield potential with very good processing quality.

Gala has bright yellow skin and medium yellow flesh. It also has a very long period of rest and it is commonly grown for fresh market.

The Pirol potato is a medium-early variety developed by NORIKA in Germany and introduced around the year 2000. It is derived from the well-known AGRIA variety, inheriting many of its desirable traits. Pirol produces medium-sized, round-oval tubers with shallow eyes, uniform in size, and covered with smooth yellow skin.

Ikarus is a medium-late maturing potato variety known for its long-oval, yellow-skinned tubers with light yellow flesh. It has a high dry matter content, making it suitable for French fries and chips. The variety is high yielding, produces large, uniform tubers, and is well adapted to different soils without requiring irrigation.

Lady Amarilla’s unique storage qualities and early ripening make it suitable for both the crisping industry as for French fry production. This potato variety has a low level of reduced sugars and a stable underwater weight.

Lady Jane is a highly resistant to stress and easy to cultivate, making it an ideal choice for French fry producers. The special feature of Lady Jane is its high dry matter content and excellent color after cooking throughout the entire storage period.

Sassy is a maincrop potato variety with oval, white-skinned tubers and attractive red-violet flowers. It is noted for its good resistance to powdery scab, blackleg, and skin spot, along with strong resistance to PCN Ro1 and partial resistance to Pa 2/3, 1.

Potato Memphis is a new promising crop variety. It is characterized by good yield and drought resistance, which greatly simplifies care.

The Novano potato variety is known for its high yield and suitability for processing, particularly in the production of French fries and other fried products. It has round-oval shaped tubers with smooth yellow skin and white flesh. Novano is valued for its excellent frying qualities, producing uniform, crispy fries with good texture.

Frozen French fries are the most popular processed potato product throughout the world. India lacks a suitable potato variety for French fry production.