A note on the performance and characteristics of the newly-recommended potato variety Stirling

Code (CO)	MSI99P2191
Author (AU)	Wong Yen Cheong, K. Govinden, N.
Title - English (ET)	A note on the performance and characteristics of the newly-recommended potato variety Stirling
Document Type(DT)	Periodical article
Date of publication (DP)	1995
Series (SE)	Revue agric. sucr. Ile Maurice
Source (SO)	74 (3): 30-31
Notes (NO)	Published 1996
Language of text (LT)	En
Language of summaries (LS)	En Fr
Abstract (AB)	Stirling, a newly imported potato variety, originating from Scotland has been recommended for commercial planting. This variety has been under test from 1992 to 1994 in the current MSIRI programme of screening foreign varieties. It gave 9 per cent and 29 per cent higher marketable yield (tubers>50 g) than Spunta in the first and second seasons, respectively. It is as tolerant as Spunta to late blight but more susceptible to bacterial wilt. Tuber dry matter content is rather low making the variety unsuitable for processing into French fries or crisps.
Descriptors - English (DE)	POTATOES VARIETIES YIELDS INTERCROPPING BREEDING PROCESSING FRENCH FRIES CRISPS
Descriptors - Geographic (DG)	MAURITIUS
Sort Key 1(K1)	Potato varieties
Date record entered (DA)	1996-05-15
Language of analysis (LA)	En
Location (LO)	LIB
Processing status (PS)	CAT
Number of copies (NC)	1
MSIRI Staff (MS)	FC