Jolene is a new variety in Agrico’s portfolio. It can rightly be considered to be a multipurpose variety, which is suitable for washed and packaged potatoes and for home fries.
With its well-filled long oval tubers and clear smooth skin, this variety presents itself exceptionally well.
Plant and tuber characteristics
- Maturity: early maincrop / 6
- Light sprout colour: red / R
- Flower colour: white / W
- Number of berries: below average / 7
- Foliage - initial development: quite fast / 7,5
- Foliage - final development: good / 8
- Foliage - firmness: quite firm / 7,5
- Skin colour: yellow / Y
- Flesh colour: light yellow / 6
- Skin finish: good / 7
- Tuber shape: oval long / OL
- Regularity of tuber shape: regular / 7
- Tuberisation: quite high / 7
- Tuber size: quite large / 7,5
- Regularity of size: regular / 7
- Dormancy: average / 6
Resistances
- Virus - Leaf roll: - / -
- Virus - Yn: slightly to not susceptible / 8
- Virus - Yntn (tuber): slightly to not susceptible / 8
- Spraing: slightly susceptible / 6
- Late blight - foliage: very susceptible / 4
- Late blight - tuber: susceptible / 5
- Fusarium: slightly susceptible / 6
- Common scab: slightly susceptible / 6
- Powdery scab: slightly susceptible / 6,5
- Black dot: slightly susceptible / 7,5
- Wart disease F1: - / -
- Wart disease F6: - / -
- Wart disease F18: - / -
- Golden nematode Ro 1/4: - / -
- Golden nematode Ro 2/3: - / -
- White nematode Pa 2: - / -
- White nematode Pa 3: - / -
Sensitivity and quality
- Secondary growth: slightly sensitive / 7
- Black spot (internal bruising): slightly sensitive / 7
- Growth cracks: slightly sensitive / 7
- Harvest damage: quite sensitive / 6
- Metribuzin - pre-emergence: quite sensitive / 6,5
- Metribuzin - post-emergence: slightly to not sensitive / 8
- Bentazon: - / -
- Ethylene: 15% to 25% more tubers / 7
- Underwater weight: 389
- Dry matter content : 21,1%
- Cooking type: rather floury / B
- Discolouration (after cooking): quite sensitive / 6,5
- Raw discolouration: slightly sensitive / 7
- Fries quality: good / 7
- Dry matter distribution: - / -
- Crisping quality: unsuitable / 5
- TGA-level: -
