A new variety of potatoes for industrial processing has appeared on the Ukrainian market

A new potato variety has been registered by Agrico Ukraine. This is a mid-ripening variety of Dutch breeding, Napoleon, intended for industrial processing, in particular for the production of chips, French fries and dry mashed potatoes. The company reported this on its Facebook page. It is noted that the state registration of the variety was carried out after receiving positive results from internal field tests in various soil and climatic zones of Ukraine during 2023-2024. In particular, in the fields of Lviv, Zhytomyr, Kyiv and Chernihiv. As well as after testing at processing plants. Among the characteristics of the new variety are powerful development of tops (8 points), average tuberization (number of tubers) (6 points), large tubers (7.5 points), high dry matter content >24%, culinary type VS. In addition, the variety is resistant to pale and golden potato nematodes, as well as tolerant to common potato diseases: The company adds that the variety is new both for Ukraine ...