Zafira is a potato variety that was developed in the Netherlands and is grown commercially in several countries. It is a mid- to late-season variety, with a round to oval tuber shape and yellow skin with shallow eyes.
Plant and tuber characteristics
- Maturity: early maincrop / 6
- Light sprout colour: red violet
- Flower colour: light purple
- Number of berries: average / 6
- Foliage: - initial development: quite fast / 7
- Foliage: - final development: good / 8
- Foliage: - selectability: easy / 8
- Foliage: - plant firmness: quite firm / 7
- Flesh colour: light yellow / 6,5
- Skin colour: yellow
- Skin finish: good / 7
- Tuber size: large / 8
- Tuber shape: oval
- Regularity of tuber shape: regular / 7
- Tuberisation: average / 6
- Regularity size: regular / 7,5
Sensitivity and quality
- Dormancy: average / 6
- Metribuzin: very sensitive / 4
- Bentazon: - / -
- Ethylene: - / -
- Secondary growth: slightly sensitive / 7
- Growth cracks: slightly sensitive / 7
- Black spot (internal bruising): sensitive / 5
- Harvest damage: quite sensitive / 6
- Underwater weight: 323
- Dry matter content: 17,9%
- Dry matter distribution: - / -
- TGA - level: 4,8
- Crisping quality: unsuitable / 4
- Fries quality: average / 6
- Cooking type: rather firm / AB
- Raw discolouration: - / -
- 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
- Late blight-tuber: very susceptible / 4
- Common scab: slightly susceptible / 6,5
- Powdery scab: very susceptible / 3
- Fusarium: slightly susceptible / 6
- Erwinia: susceptible / 5
- Black dot: slightly susceptible / 6,5
- Spraing: slightly susceptible / 6
- Virus - Leaf Roll: - / -
- Virus - A: - / -
- Virus - X: slightly to not susceptible / 8,5
- Virus - Yn: slightly susceptible / 6
- Virus - Yntn: slightly susceptible / 7
- Wart disease F1: - / -
- Wart disease F6: - / -
- Wart disease F18: - / -
