Monalisa BIO

Tuber: Oblong, very regular, very shallow eyes, yellow skin, yellow flesh

Flower: White, partially pigmented flower bud

Sprout: Purple-red, conical, medium hairiness

Plant: Fairly tall, upright growth habit, branched type.

Stem: Medium-pigmented internodes, very lightly pigmented nodes, with straight, wavy wings.

Leaf: Light green, moderately divided, semi-open; medium-sized leaflet, rounded oval (I = 1.51); blistered leaf blade.

Flowering: Abundant.

Fruiting: Very rare.

Yield of Monalisa potato plant: 102% of Bintje.

Sizing: Proportion of large tubers: high.

Susceptibility to disease: Leaf blight: fairly low susceptibility. Tuber blight: moderate susceptibility.

Warty gall: not affected. Common scab: fairly susceptible.

Virus X: No signs. Virus A: Resistant. Virus Y: Not very susceptible.

Curling: Not very susceptible. ROI-4 nematode: No signs.

Internal tuber defects: Not very susceptible to rust spots, very slightly susceptible to hollow heart and slightly susceptible to ash spots.

Susceptibility to sprouting: Susceptible.

Vegetative rest: Fairly long.

Culinary quality: Good to very good cooking quality, culinary group A-B, blackening after cooking: none, colouring when fried: none.

Dry matter content: Low.

Storage capacity of Monalisa potato plants: Average.

General characteristics

Slightly earlier variety than Bintje, producing very uniform tubers.

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