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Afra

medium early, floury cooking quality ware potato

  • yellow flesh colour
  • excellent intensive flavour
  • stable quality after cooking
  • good storability
AFRA - intensive potato flavour with good storability
Growing recommendations
Site requirements
prefers average to better soil conditions with uniform supply of water and nutrients
Planting
Seed material sorting
35/55
Row widthTubers/ha
75 cm90 cm
32-34 cm
27-28 cm
40,400
Recommendation plant spacing
Planting depth
standard
Seed preparation
has a good dormancy; sprout stimulation evenly before planting (7-10 days)
Seed dressing
dressing against Rhizoctonia solani recommended
Herbicides
when used correctly, no sensitivity to Metribuzin is known in the pre-emergence and a medium sensitivity to Metribuzin in the post-emergence
Foliage
good, average leaf health; however, regular use of fungicides is recommended
Harvest
haulm killing at < 23 % dry matter; ensure gentle harvest
Fertilization incl. return of previous crop at medium supply level
Nitrogen (N)
medium - compared to the local standard (2/3 before planting and 1/3 later)
Phosphorus (P2O5)
100 kg/ha (water soluble phosphate at planting)
Potassium (K2O)
350-270 kg/ha (up to 150 kg/ha chloride possible; on lighter soils split doses)
Magnesium (MgO)
70 kg/ha (for yield and quality assurance)
Variety characteristics
Maturitymedium early
Cooking type
B - C
Consumption quality
floury cooking with excellent intensive flavour
Yield
medium; high marketable yield
Youth development
rapid
Dormancy
good dormancy, suitable for long-term storage
Tuber characteristics
Tuber shape
oval
Eye depth
shallow
Flesh colour
yellow
Skin colour
yellow
Skin
netted
Number of tubers
high
Resistances
PCN
Ro1, Ro4
Potato wart disease
1, 2 (a), 6 (a)
Sensitivities
Common scab
low
Spraing
low
Bruising
medium
Mechanical damage
low - medium

(a) low sensitivities

 

All particulars are based on official variety trials and/or our own experience. However, as potatoes are natural products we cannot undertake any liability for these details. (07/2023)