Amorosa

A second early, red skin ware variety with a good yield.
  • Large tubers
  • Good drought tolerance
  • Good tolerance against bruising and damage
Marketsegments
Traditional
Amorosa nestje met doorsnee
Amorosa SNG CL®Agrico20
Agrico Aardappelveld

Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity:
    second early / 6,5
  • Light sprout colour:
    blue violet / BV
  • Flower colour:
    light purple / LP
  • Number of berries:
    above average / 5
  • Foliage - initial development:
    quite fast / 7
  • Foliage - final development:
    average / 7
  • Foliage - firmness:
    average / 6
  • Skin colour:
    red / R
  • Flesh colour:
    light yellow / 6
  • Skin finish:
    good / 7
  • Tuber shape:
    oval long / OL
  • Regularity of tuber shape:
    regular / 7
  • 5 low | 9 high
    Tuberisation:
    quite low / 5
  • Tuber size:
    large / 8
  • Regularity of size:
    regular / 7
  • 4 short | 8 long
    Dormancy:
    short / 4

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth:
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Black spot (internal bruising):
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Growth cracks:
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Harvest damage:
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence:
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence:
    quite sensitive / 6
  • 3 very sensitive | 8 minimum tot none sensitive
    Bentazon:
    - / -
  • 4 poor result | 8 good result
    Ethylene:
    - / -
  • Underwater weight:
    349
  • Dry matter content :
    19,2%
  • Cooking type:
    rather firm / AB
  • Discolouration (after cooking):
    sensitive / 5
  • Raw discolouration:
    - / -
  • Fries quality:
    unsuitable / 5
  • Dry matter distribution:
    - / -
  • Crisping quality:
    unsuitable / 4
  • TGA-level:
    -

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll:
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Virus - Yn:
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber):
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Spraing:
    susceptible / 5
  • Late blight - foliage:
    very susceptible / 4
  • Late blight - tuber:
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Fusarium:
    slightly to not susceptible / 8
  • Common scab:
    susceptible / 5
  • Powdery scab:
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Black dot:
    - / -
  • Wart disease F1:
    moderately susceptible / 8
  • Wart disease F6:
    slightly susceptible / 9
  • Wart disease F18:
    - / -
  • Golden nematode Ro 1/4:
    resistant / 9
  • Golden nematode Ro 2/3:
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 2:
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 3:
    - / -

Would you like to know more about the Amorosa?

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 Amorosaor 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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