Riviera

A first early ware variety with an attractive skin, excellent heat tolerance, good virus resistance and early a good yield.
  • Large tubers
  • Beautiful appearance
  • Good virus resistances
Marketsegments
Traditional
Riviera nestje met doorsnee
Riviera DSC®Agrico20
Agrico Aardappelveld
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Product manager Peter Geluk about Riviera

Riviera is a traditional consumption variety for the early segment. Our Product Manager Peter Geluk will tell more about the resistances, the early yield and the cultivation.

Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity:
    first early / 8
  • 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:
    average / 7
  • Foliage - firmness:
    average / 6,5
  • Skin colour:
    yellow / Y
  • Flesh colour:
    light yellow / 6
  • Skin finish:
    excellent / 8
  • Tuber shape:
    oval round / OR
  • Regularity of tuber shape:
    quite regular / 6
  • 5 low | 9 high
    Tuberisation:
    quite low / 5
  • Tuber size:
    quite large / 7,5
  • Regularity of size:
    regular / 7
  • 4 short | 8 long
    Dormancy:
    average / 6

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth:
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Black spot (internal bruising):
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Growth cracks:
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Harvest damage:
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence:
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence:
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • 3 very sensitive | 8 minimum tot none sensitive
    Bentazon:
    - / -
  • 4 poor result | 8 good result
    Ethylene:
    5% to 15% more tubers / 6
  • Underwater weight:
    318
  • Dry matter content :
    17,7%
  • Cooking type:
    rather firm / AB
  • Discolouration (after cooking):
    sensitive / 5,5
  • Raw discolouration:
    - / -
  • Fries quality:
    unsuitable / 4,5
  • Dry matter distribution:
    - / -
  • Crisping quality:
    unsuitable / 4
  • TGA-level:
    4,8

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll:
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Virus - Yn:
    slightly to not susceptible / 8
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber):
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Spraing:
    very susceptible / 4
  • Late blight - foliage:
    very susceptible / 3
  • Late blight - tuber:
    susceptible / 5
  • Fusarium:
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Common scab:
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Powdery scab:
    very susceptible / 2
  • Black dot:
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Wart disease F1:
    resistant / 10
  • Wart disease F6:
    - / -
  • 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 Riviera?

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 Riviera or would like to know what Agrico can do for you with respect to varieties, please feel free to contact us.

Peter Geluk

Product Manager
Peter Geluk

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