Processing
Starch

Allstar

Maincrop starch variety with a good starch yield and resistant to various types of potato wart diseases.
  • Quite large tubers
  • High dry matter content
  • Multiple resistances
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Starch
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Product manager Douwe Werkman about Allstar

Allstar is a maincrop starch variety from Agrico. Our Product Manager Douwe Werkman tells more about its broad resistances and good yield.

Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity:
    maincrop / 4,5
  • Light sprout colour:
    blue violet / BV
  • Flower colour:
    white / W
  • Number of berries:
    very high / 4
  • Foliage - initial development:
    quite fast / 7
  • Foliage - final development:
    good / 8
  • Foliage - firmness:
    quite firm / 7
  • Skin colour:
    yellow / Y
  • Flesh colour:
    cream / 5
  • Skin finish:
    quite poor / 5
  • Tuber shape:
    round oval / RO
  • Regularity of tuber shape:
    quite regular / 6
  • 5 low | 9 high
    Tuberisation:
    quite high / 7
  • Tuber size:
    quite large / 7
  • Regularity of size:
    quite regular / 6
  • 4 short | 8 long
    Dormancy:
    average / 6

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth:
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Black spot (internal bruising):
    very sensitive / 4
  • Growth cracks:
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Harvest damage:
    sensitive / 5
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence:
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence:
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • 3 very sensitive | 8 minimum tot none sensitive
    Bentazon:
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • 4 poor result | 8 good result
    Ethylene:
    15% to 25% more tubers / 7
  • Underwater weight:
    508
  • Dry matter content :
    27%
  • Cooking type:
    floury / C
  • Discolouration (after cooking):
    very sensitive / 4
  • Raw discolouration:
    - / -
  • Fries quality:
    unsuitable / 4
  • Dry matter distribution:
    - / -
  • Crisping quality:
    unsuitable / 5
  • TGA-level:
    10,1

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll:
    - / -
  • Virus - Yn:
    slightly to not susceptible / 8
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber):
    slightly to not susceptible / 9
  • Spraing:
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Late blight - foliage:
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Late blight - tuber:
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Fusarium:
    - / -
  • Common scab:
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Powdery scab:
    slightly to not susceptible / 8
  • Black dot:
    - / -
  • Wart disease F1:
    slightly susceptible / 9
  • Wart disease F6:
    resistant / 10
  • Wart disease F18:
    slightly susceptible / 9
  • Golden nematode Ro 1/4:
    resistant / 9
  • Golden nematode Ro 2/3:
    susceptible / 4
  • White nematode Pa 2:
    moderately susceptible / 6
  • White nematode Pa 3:
    susceptible / 4

Would you like to know more about the Allstar?

The best way to guarantee a good harvest and the best return on your investment is to start out with healthy, high-quality seed potatoes and expert advice. At Agrico, we are committed to and invest in knowledge and research. This has enabled us to cultivate a wide range of unique potato varieties that display effective resistance, strong variety characteristics and a high yield. Naturally, the seed potatoes we supply are fully certified.

If you have any specific questions about the Allstaror would like to know what Agrico can do for you with respect to varieties, please feel free to contact us.

Douwe Werkman

Product Manager
Douwe Werkman

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