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Kennebec is a medium- to late-maturing white potato. It was bred by the USDA and selected by Presque Isle Station, Maine, in 1941. Kennebec is not under plant variety protection. This fast-growing variety has high yields. It maintains good quality in storage [1] and is grown for both fresh market use and for potato chip manufacturing.
Phytophthora infestans is an oomycete or water mold, a fungus-like microorganism that causes the serious potato and tomato disease known as late blight or potato blight. Early blight , caused by Alternaria solani , is also often called "potato blight".
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Late milk Dough development 80 - 83: 14.0: Early dough 85: 11.2: Soft dough 87: 15.0: Hard dough Ripening 90 - 91: 11.3: Kernel hard (difficult to divide with thumbnail) 92: 11.4: 16.0: Kernel hard (no longer dented with thumbnail) 93: Kernel loosening in daytime 94: Overripe, straw dead and collapsing 95: Seed dormant 96: Viable seed giving 50 ...
The Russian blue potato plant produces medium round and oblong tubers with deep purple insides. [1] It is a late season variety of potato. The plants themselves are large, semi-erect, and produce light blue flowers and dark foliage.
Planting two or more non-competing crops may raise issues with soil-borne diseases and insects that only affect one type of plant. Depending on how close the interplanting varieties are, crop failure is a possibility. [5] Same crop, different maturity dates: Several varieties are selected, with different maturity dates: early, main season, late ...
Monsoon sowing dates vary, occurring toward the end of May in the southern state of Kerala and reaching July in some north Indian states. In other regions like Maharashtra , the west coast of India, and Pakistan, which receive rains in June, Kharif crops are sown in May, June and July. [ 5 ]
It is a deep red mutant of the potato variety 'La Soda'. The non-mutant form was developed by the Louisiana potato breeding program in 1948 as a cross between 'Triumph' and 'Katahdin'. The mutant form was first observed in 1949 but was not released until 1953 by the United States Department of Agriculture, ( USDA ) and the Louisiana ...