The Amanda potato variety, developed by the Solana Group, is a versatile cultivar suitable for various applications, including French fries, starch production, and dehydrated potato products. It features light yellow flesh and offers several notable characteristics.
- light yellow flesh colour
- resistant to Ro 1, 4 and Pa 2, 3
- high yields even on pallida-infected locations
- medium starch content
- rapid juvenile development
- good resistance to blackleg, second growth and damage
- multi-purpose variety: flakes, fries, table
Tuber Characteristics
- Tuber shape: Oval
- Flesh color: Light yellow
- Eye depth: Shallow
- Skin color: Yellow
- Skin characteristic: Netted
Resistances
- Nematodes: Ro 1, Ro 4, Pa 3 (9), Pa 2(8)
- Wart: Pathotype 1, Pathotype 6
- Leaf blight: Medium, High
- Tuber blight: Medium, High
- Rhizoctonia: Medium
- Black leg: High
- Common scab: Low, Medium
- Internal rust spot: Medium
- Second growth: High
- Silver scurf: High
- Damages: High
- Bruising: Medium, High
- PVY: Low
- PVY ntn: High
- PLRV: Medium, High
Yield and Quality
- Market outlet: Dehydrated potato products
- Yield: Medium, High
- Share oversize: Low
- Share undersize: Medium
- Cooking type: Mealy cooking
- After cooking discoloration: Low
- Discoloration raw: Very low, Low
- Dry matter content: Medium