The Zina Red potato is a versatile and appealing choice for farmers and consumers alike, offering a balance of high yield, disease resistance, and culinary quality.
- Good cooking quality
- Big size tubers
- Bright, dark red skin
- Suitable to make (home) fries
Tuber Characteristics
- Maturity: Medium early
- Yield (Mature): High
- Tuber Size: Medium to large
- Tuber Shape: Oval to long oval
- Skin Color: Red
- Flesh Color: Light yellow
- Cooking Type: AB (slightly firm texture after cooking)
Agronomic Traits
- Dormancy Period: Medium (suitable for medium-term storage)
- Emergence: Uniform and strong
- Foliage Development: Strong, offering good ground cover
- Metribuzin Sensitivity: Moderately sensitive
- Internal Bruising: Not sensitive
- Little Potato Disorder: Slightly sensitive
- Dry Matter Content: 20–21%
- UWW (Under Water Weight): Approximately 390–410 g
Disease Resistance
- Spraing (Tobacco Rattle Virus): Resistant
- Foliage Blight (Phytophthora infestans): Slightly susceptible
- Tuber Blight: Slightly susceptible
- Common Scab: Moderately resistant
- Powdery Scab: Susceptible
- PVYn Virus: Resistant
- Yntn Tuber Tolerance: Tolerant
