MONDIAL

Global Potato Plants

Origin & Breeding: Spunta X S.V.R Ve 66.29.5

Breeder(s): D. Biemond - Netherlands

Catalogue entry: 1987

Category: Consumption

Maturity: Semi-late

Descriptive characters

Tubercle: Oblong to elongated, regular, very eyes

superficial, yellow skin, yellow flesh.

Germ: Purplish-red, cylindrical, strong hairiness.

Plant: Rather tall size, medium growth, leafy type.

Stem: Very low pigmentation, with developed wings,

mostly rectilinear.

Leaf: Clear green, semi-glossy, very divided, open; leaflet

small, rounded oval (I = 1 ,46); planar limb.

Flowering: Quite abundant.

Flower: White, partially pigmented floral bud.

Fructification: Frequent.

Cultural and usage characteristics

Yield: 149% of Kerpondy.

Sizing: Proportion of large tubers: quite strong.

Sensitivity to diseases: Leaf blight: sensitive.

Tuber blight: quite sensitive. Wart gall: no

attacked. Common gale: moderately sensitive. Virus X: R.A.S.

Virus A: R.A.S. Virus Y: moderately sensitive,

Winding: fairly insensitive. Nematode ROI -4: R.A.S.

Internal defects of the tuber: Little sensitive to stains

of rust, with hollow heart and ashen spots.

Sensitivity to swelling: Quite insensitive.

Vegetative rest: Medium.

Culinary quality: Fairly good to good cooking performance,

culinary group B, blackening after cooking: null, coloration

to the frying: R.A.S.

Dry matter content: Quite low.

Suitability for preservation: Fairly good.

General characteristics

Semi-late variety, with high yield, with fairly large regular tubers and light-skinned. It is quite sensitive to tubercle blight.