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Yellow Finn is a potato cultivar.Its origin is sourced to Europe. [1] [2] It is medium-sized with yellow flesh and skin that varies from white to yellow.[1]Although its yields are described as low, the cultivar was widely grown in California by small-scale producers during the 1990s.
By the 2010s, Russet Burbank accounted for 70% of the ultra-processed potato market in North America, and over 40% of the potato growing area in the US. [1] Restaurants such as McDonald's favor russet potatoes for their size, which produce long pieces suitable for french fries. As of 2009, "McDonald's top tuber is the Russet Burbank."
Potatoes grow in the dark and are fittingly best kept in a similar environment. "Sunlight causes potatoes to start greening. The green is from a chemical called solanine, which can be toxic ...
Restaurants such as McDonald's use russet potatoes for their size, which produce long pieces suitable for french fries. As of 2009, "McDonald's top tuber is the Russet Burbank". [5] The russet Burbank is more expensive than other potatoes, as it consumes more water and takes longer to mature, while it also requires large amounts of pesticides ...
The Vivaldi potato is field immune to potato wart, and highly resistant to potato viruses A and Y. It is moderately resistant to leaf roll, potato virus X, late blight on tuber, silver scurf, blackleg and black dot, and is moderately susceptible to late blight on leaves, common scab, powdery scab, rhizoctonia and skin spot. [3]
This is a list of countries by potato production from 2016 to 2022, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. [1] The estimated total world production for potatoes in 2022 was 374,777,763 metric tonnes , up 0.3% from 373,787,150 tonnes in 2021. [ 1 ]
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