Romano is a second early ware variety with a red skin, moderate virus resistance and good storing qualities.
Plant and tuber characteristics
- Maturity: second early / 6,5
- Light sprout colour: red violet
- Flower colour: light purple
- Number of berries: none / 4
- Foliage: - initial development: average / 6
- Foliage: - final development: quite good / 7,5
- Foliage: - selectability: quite easy / 7
- Foliage: - plant firmness: quite firm / 7
- Flesh colour: cream / 5
- Skin colour: red
- Skin finish: average / 6
- Tuber size: quite large / 7
- Tuber shape: round oval
- Regularity of tuber shape: quite regular / 6
- Tuberisation: quite high / 7
- Regularity size: regular / 7
Sensitivity and quality
- Dormancy: long / 8
- Metribuzin: slightly to not sensitive / 8
- Bentazon: - / -
- Ethylene: - / -
- Secondary growth: slightly to not sensitive / 8
- Growth cracks: slightly to not sensitive / 8
- Black spot (internal bruising): slightly to not sensitive / 8
- Harvest damage: slightly sensitive / 7
- Underwater weight: 360
- Dry matter content: 19,7%
- Dry matter distribution: - / -
- TGA - level: 2,1
- Crisping quality: unsuitable / 4
- Fries quality: average / 6
- Cooking type: rather floury / B
- Raw discolouration: - / -
- Discolouration after cooking: sensitive / 5
Resistances
- Golden nematode Ro 1/4: - / -
- Golden nematode Ro 2/3: - / -
- White nematode Pa 2: - / -
- White nematode Pa 3: - / -
- Late blight-foliage: susceptible / 5
- Late blight-tuber: slightly susceptible / 7
- Common scab: susceptible / 5
- Powdery scab: slightly susceptible / 7
- Fusarium: slightly to not susceptible / 8
- Erwinia: slightly susceptible / 7
- Black dot: - / -
- Spraing: slightly susceptible / 7
- Virus - Leaf Roll: susceptible / 5
- Virus - A: slightly susceptible / 7
- Virus - X: susceptible / 5,5
- Virus - Yn: slightly to not susceptible / 8
- Virus - Yntn: slightly susceptible / 6
- Wart disease F1: resistant / 10
- Wart disease F6: slightly susceptible / 9
- Wart disease F18: - / -
