Masai
Masai is a new high yielding, red skinned variety with large, oval tubers. Smooth skin, yellow flesh color, cooking type AB and good taste. Masai is a table variety with a relatively early tuber setting and long dormancy in store. Furthermore it has a good home fries ability. Resistant against bruising, common scab, powdery scab, fusarium, tuber blight, alternaria, hollow heart, potato wart disease race 1 and PCN Ro 1-5.
Plant |
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| Maturity | Medium early |
| Plant type | Intermediate |
| Growth habit | Semi-upright |
| Color of flower | Red-violet |
| Foliage development | Rapid |
| Number of tubers | Medium |
| Dormancy | High |
Tuber characteristics |
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| Tuber shape | Oval, Long oval |
| Flesh color | Yellow, Deep yellow |
| Eye depth | Shallow |
| Skin color | Red |
| Skin characteristic | Smooth |
Resistances |
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| Nematodes | Ro 1-Ro 5 |
| Potato wart disease | Race 1 |
| Leaf blight | Medium |
| Tuber blight | High |
| Rhizoctonia | Medium |
| Common scab | High, Very high |
| Internal rust spot | Medium, High |
| Second growth | High |
| Silver scurf | High |
| Damages | Medium |
| Bruising | Medium |
| PVY | Medium |
| PVY ntn | Medium |
Yield and Quality |
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| Market outlet | Ware, Directmarketing, Pre-packing |
| Yield | High |
| Share oversize | High |
| Share undersize | Low |
| Cooking type | Firm cooking |
| After cooking discoloration | Low |
| Discoloration raw | Low |
| Dry matter content | Medium |