Potato cultivars: Six potato cultivars (
Russet burbank, Agria, Shepody, Granola, Sante and Marabel) were obtained from potato producers of the Adana and Sivas province.
The researchers grew the industry standard potato cultivar,
Russet Burbank, and new varieties, Easton and AF4296-3, at four rates of nitrogen fertilization: 0 kilogram per hectare (kg/ha), 112.1 kg/ha, 224.2 kg/ha and 336.3 kg/ha.
Russet Burbank is the world's most commonly cropped potato cultivar with yield and quality characteristics that make it the industry standard for the French fry industry sector [5].
They took three varieties of potatoes (Yukon Gold, Red Norland, and
Russet Burbank) and either baked or boiled them.
(1999) mostraram que a cultivar
Russet Burbank, nao teve sua producao afetada quando o espacamento entre plantas variou de 15 a 30 cm; ja Rupp & Thornton (1992) encontraram diferencas na resposta ao espacamento em tres cultivares avaliadas em Washington, ocorrendo uma pequena reducao no retorno economico quando reduziu-se o espacamento para a cultivar Russet Norkotah, ja para a cultivar
Russet Burbank a reducao no retorno economico foi maior.
What is typically grown is
Russet Burbank, which is not the original type but a chance mutation discovered in 1914.
The researchers' next step was to plant the progeny lines, called "breeding clones," in wireworm-infested field plots in southern Idaho and compare the feeding damage they sustained to that of flanking rows of
Russet Burbank potatoes treated with or without an insecticide commonly used for controlling wireworm.
Plant Manager Thomas Modigell, who recently gave Quick Frozen Foods International editors a tour of the computer-controlled Aldrup facility, pointed out that potato varieties processed range from the early-season Zorba (which was developed by Agrarfrost agronomists) to the Agria and
Russet Burbank. Two huge french fry lines were operating at high speed, as were several of the five dedicated specialty lines.
The Idaho Potato Commission's booth at the SPC convention will feature fresh potatoes of all varieties, including the "famous Idaho
Russet Burbank," says Seth Pemsler, vice president retail/international
Keystone's Garry Sloik says the cooperative has about 85 producers under contract who grow
Russet Burbank potatoes, the majority for french fries.
Even before he lit out for California in 1875, Burbank created the blight-resistant
Russet Burbank potato, still one of the world's most widely grown varieties.
For example, zone tillage has been shown to increase overall yield and yield of large tubers of
Russet Burbank potatoes in comparison to conventional autumn moldboard plowing (Pierce and Chase, 1987).