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Alturas (potato)

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Alturas is a potato variety released in 2002 by the USDA-ARS and the Agricultural Experiment Stations of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington and it is under plant variety protection. It is a processing potato that has cold-sweetening resistance, so it can be processed into French fries directly out of storage and other frozen potato products.

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Botanical features

  • Tubers are lightly russeted with brown skin
  • Tubers are oval to oblong
  • Tuber sprouts are green
  • Flesh is white and has a shallow eyes
  • Has a large, open canopy and is a late-maturing variety
  • Plant stems are green with some anthocyanin pigmentation
  • Has white flowers and yellow anthers
  • Range of one to eight infloresences per plant

    • Agricultural features

  • Higher yields and higher specific gravity than Russet Burbank
  • Resistant to Verticiliium wilt and early blight
  • Superior to the more common Russet Burbank in that it is
  • More resistant to Corky ringspot, late blight
  • Tuber net necrosis (caused by Potato leafroll virus), Fusarium dry rot, and common scab
  • Susceptible to Potato virus X, Potato virus Y, bacterial soft rot, root-knot nematode, and bacterial ring rot

    • References

    Alturas (potato) Wikipedia
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