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Chapter 10. Chipping Potato Variety Trial, 20061

C.M. Hutchinson and Doug Gergela2

Table 1. 

General Comments

A goal of the Chipping Potato Variety trial is to identify a short-season processing potato variety with better production and quality characteristics than Atlantic, the current standard.

Planting Information

Planting Site PSREU - Hastings Farm, Hastings, FL
Planting Date February 1, 2006
Harvest Date May 16, 2006
Season Length

105 days

Fertilizer Program preplant, 100-43-86 lb/A; sidedress, 65-0-56 lb/A; (2 appl.)
Irrigation Program

seepage

Experimental Design

Number of Varieties 8 (Standard: Atlantic)
Number of Clones

8

Within Row Spacing

8 in (20 cm)

Between Row Spacing

40 in (102 cm)

Replications

4

Plot Size

16 ft (4.9 m)

Production Statistics

Early Vigor Ratings

40 days after planting

Highest Total Yield Fabula (541 cwt/acre or 60.6 MT/ha)
Highest Marketable Yield Fabula (481 cwt/acre or 53.9 MT/ha)
Highest Specific Gravity B1985-1 (1.097)

Tables

Table 25. 

Production statistics for Chipping potato selections.

Total

Marketable Yield1

Size

Size Class

Range (%)

Specific

Gravity

Yield

% of

Distribution by Class (%)2

Clone

(cwt/A)

(cwt/A)

standard

C

B

A1

A2

A3

A4

A1 to A3

A2 to A3

Atlantic (USDA)

407

373

100

1

6

56

29

8

0

93

37

1.091

Atlantic (MFX)

429

395

106

1

5

56

32

5

0

94

38

1.090

Andover

379

350

94

1

6

90

3

0

0

94

3

1.084

Fabula

541

481

129

1

7

73

17

2

0

93

19

1.069

Harley Blackwell

401

333

89

1

14

74

10

1

0

84

10

1.087

Sebago

467

398

107

1

11

72

13

3

0

88

16

1.073

Snowden

374

322

86

1

11

79

9

0

0

88

9

1.087

Suncrisp

428

362

97

1

11

75

12

1

0

87

13

1.084

B0766-3

431

393

105

1

6

55

27

11

0

93

38

1.080

B1985-1

303

219

59

2

23

73

3

0

0

76

3

1.097

B1992-106

501

448

120

1

6

71

20

2

0

93

22

1.087

B2280-86

392

349

93

1

9

78

12

0

0

90

12

1.090

B2445-4

477

370

99

0

4

69

24

2

0

95

26

1.074

BNC49-1

399

305

82

2

11

48

19

20

1

86

39

1.071

BNC49-2

501

461

123

1

4

39

43

13

0

95

56

1.086

BNC143-4

468

409

110

0

4

56

30

10

0

96

40

1.088

MSD3

114

117

1

8

17

13

10

ns

8

16

0.006

P Value

0.0001

0.0001

0.0042

0.0001

0.0001

0.0001

0.0001

0.4685

0.0001

0.0001

0.0001

1Marketable Yield: size classes A1 to A3.

2Size classes: C = .5 to 1.5" , B = 1.5 to 1 7/8", A1 = 1 7/8 to 2.5", A2 = 2.5 to 3.25", A3 = 3.25 to 4", A4 = >4"

3Means separated within columns by Tukey's Studentized Range (HSD) Test.

Table 26. 

Plant growth and tuber characteristics of Chipping potato selections.

Plant Growth Characteristics1

Tuber Characteristics2

Chip

Rating3

%

Early

Vine

Vine

Clone

Stand

Vigor

Type

Maturity

IFC

SC

ST

TS

ED

APP

1-5

Tuber Comments

Atlantic (USDA)

96

6.5

8.3

na

2.0

6.0

5.0

2.5

6.5

5.5

65.1

scab

Atlantic (MFX)

100

6.8

8.8

na

2.0

6.0

5.0

2.5

6.5

5.5

65.4

scab

Andover

99

7.5

8

na

1.0

6.0

5.0

3.0

5.5

5.5

67.1

some scab

Fabula

97

5.3

8

na

3.0

7.0

6.5

3.5

6.0

4.0

61.3

some lenticels, mishapen

Harley Blackwell

99

7.5

8-9

na

1.0

6.0

5.5

2.5

6.0

6.0

64.2

sl. flat

Sebago

93

7.3

8

na

1.0

7.0

6.0

3.5

6.0

5.0

64.8

lenticels

Snowden

100

7.0

8.8

na

2.0

6.0

5.0

2.5

6.0

6.0

69.3

sl. flat

Suncrisp

99

8.0

9

na

1.0

5.0

4.5

3.5

7.0

4.0

63.9

scab, flat, all shapes

B0766-3

96

8.0

6-9

na

1.0

6.0

5.0

3.0

6.5

5.0

67.6

scab

B1985-1

97

7.5

6-9

na

1.0

7.5

5.5

3.0

6.5

6.0

63.2

sl. flat

B1992-106

98

6.8

8.3

na

1.0

5.0

4.5

4.5

6.5

5.5

68.0

nice flesh

B2280-86

100

6.5

9-6

na

2.0

6.5

5.5

2.5

6.5

6.0

66.8

some lenticels

B2445-4

99

5.5

8.3

na

1.0

6.0

5.0

4.5

6.5

4.5

61.5

some mishapen

BNC49-1

95

6.5

8

na

2.0

6.0

5.5

2.5

7.0

5.5

66.7

some scab

BNC49-2

99

6.5

9

na

1.0

5.0

5.0

2.5

6.0

6.0

68.6

nice flesh

BNC143-4

96

7.8

8

na

4.0

5.5

5.0

2.5

6.0

6.0

63.2

sl. flat

1See rating system outlined in Table 1 (page 8).

2See rating system outlined in Table 2 (page 9).

3For rating scale, see general potato variety production information in Chapter 1. (page 5)

Table 27. 

External and internal defects of Chipping potato selections.

% External Tuber Defects

  • % Internal Defects2

Growth

Mis-

Sun-

Rotten

Total

Brown Center

Clone

Cracks

shapen

burned

& misc.

Culls1

HH

BR

CRS

IHN

L

M

H

Atlantic (USDA)

0

0

1

0

2

6

0

1

5

3

0

3

Atlantic (MFX)

0

0

2

0

2

0

0

0

4

1

4

3

Andover

0

0

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Fabula

0

1

2

0

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Harley Blackwell

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sebago

0

0

2

1

3

1

0

0

10

1

0

3

Snowden

0

0

2

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Suncrisp

0

1

2

1

3

1

0

0

0

0

1

1

B0766-3

0

0

1

0

2

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

B1985-1

0

2

0

4

5

0

0

0

6

0

0

0

B1992-106

0

1

2

1

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

B2280-86

0

0

1

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

B2445-4

0

4

13

1

19

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

BNC49-1

1

0

2

8

11

6

0

0

3

4

3

6

BNC49-2

0

1

1

1

3

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

BNC143-4

0

2

4

3

9

10

0

0

8

0

0

0

MSD3

ns

3

4

4

8

8

0

0

11

ns

3

4

P Value

0.5629

0.0011

0.0001

0.0001

0.0001

0.0003

-

-

0.0233

0.1116

0.0427

0.0005

1Percent of Total Yield. Total culls include the sum of growth cracks, misshapen, sunburned and rotten/misc.

2Percent tubers; HH, hollow heart; BR, brown rot; CRS, corky ring spot; IHN, internal heat necrosis.

Brown Center: L = Light, M = Moderate, H = Heavy

3Means separated within columns by Tukey's Studentized Range (HSD) Test.

Footnotes

1.

This document is HS1094, one of a series of the Horticultural Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date May, 2007. Visit the EDIS Web Site at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.

2.

Chad M. Hutchinson, Associate Professor, Doug Gergela, Sr. Biological Scientist, Horticurtural Sciences Department, Cooperative Extension Service, Insitute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32611.

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