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- Title
ERVANT VARIETY - NEW RESULT OF POTATO BREEDING RESEARCH AT NIRDPSB BRASOV.
- Authors
R., Hermeziu; Manuela, Hermeziu; Maria, Ștefan; Nina, Bărăscu; Carmen, Chelmea
- Abstract
Among the achievements of National Institute of Research and Development for Potato and Sugar Beet in 2019 was the registration of the potato variety Ervant. The variety was obtained through sexuat hybridization between Bellarosa and Laura varieties followed by individual clonal selection. As vegetation period enroll in the group of middle varieties. Ervant variety has a high yield capacity (79 t/ha in network ISTIS, Targu Secuiesc location), is resistant to black wart biotype 1 (Synchitrium endobioticum) and to different viruses (PVY and PLRV) and middle sensitive to late blight (Phytophthora infestans) on foliage and relative resistant to late blight on tubers. The tubers have a short oval shape, with shallow eyes, the color of the skin is yellow and the pulp is cream. The variety is conceived for autumn-winter consumption, being suitable for most culinary preparations, from salad to french fries and mash potatoes. The variety is currently patented and registred in the Official Catalogue of new varieties of plants for culture in Romania.
- Subjects
BRASOV (Romania); ROMANIA; POTATOES; FRENCH fries; TUBERS; BREEDING; SUGAR beets; PHYTOPHTHORA infestans; CULTIVARS
- Publication
Analele Universitatii din Craiova. Seria Biologie, Horticultura, Tehnologia Prelucrarii Produselor Agricole, Ingineria Mediului, 2020, Vol 25, p382
- ISSN
1453-1275
- Publication type
Article