Connect
Connect is a medium late table potato with cooking type BC with light yellow to yellow flesh. Connect is high yielding with good resistances to late blight, in both, the foliage and tubers and is therefore well suited for organic cultivation. Long dormancy. Suitable for French fries fresh from the field. Good resistances against PVY, alternaria, fusarium, internal rust spot, common scab and potato wart disease race 1.
Plant
|
| Maturity |
Medium early, Medium late |
| Plant type |
Stem type |
| Growth habit |
Upright |
| Foliage development |
Very rapid, Rapid |
| Number of tubers |
Medium |
| Dormancy |
High |
Tuber characteristics
|
| Tuber shape |
Round oval |
| Flesh color |
Light yellow, Yellow |
| Eye depth |
Shallow |
| Skin color |
Yellow |
| Skin characteristic |
Smooth, Netted |
Resistances
|
| Potato wart disease |
Race 1 * |
| Leaf blight |
High |
| Tuber blight |
High |
| Common scab |
Medium, High |
| Internal rust spot |
Medium, High |
| Damages |
Medium, High |
| PVY |
Very high |
| PVY ntn |
Very high |
Yield and Quality
|
| Market outlet |
Ware, Directmarketing, Pre-packing, Organic |
| Yield |
Medium, High |
| Share oversize |
Medium, High |
| Share undersize |
Very low, Low |
| Cooking type |
Fairly firm cooking |
| After cooking discoloration |
Medium |
| Dry matter content |
Medium, High |
* was found to be resistant in one EU country
