Malheur Experiment Station
Oregon State University
Information for Sustainable Agriculture


Potato Variety Trials 2008


Clinton C. Shock, Erik Feibert, and Lamont D. Saunders

Malheur Experiment Station

Oregon State University

Ontario, OR

 

Introduction

New potato varieties were evaluated for their productivity and suitability for processing. Potatoes in Malheur County are grown under contract for processors to make frozen potato products for the food service industry and grocery chain stores. There is very little production for fresh pack or open market, and very few growers store potatoes on their farms. There is also no production of varieties for making potato chips.

The varieties grown for processing in Malheur County, Oregon, are mainly 'Ranger Russet', 'Shepody', and 'Russet Burbank'. Harvest begins in July and potatoes arrive at processing plants directly from the field. Yield of harvests later than mid-August may be limited by the "early die" syndrome, which causes early senescence of the vines of susceptible varieties, especially Shepody and Russet Burbank. Early die is caused by a complex of soil pathogens, including bacteria, nematodes, and fungi, particularly Verticillium wilt. Early die is worse when the rotation between potato crops is shorter.

Small acreages of new varieties or advanced selections are sometimes grown under contract to study the feasibility of expanding their use. To displace an existing processing variety, a new potato variety must have several outstanding characteristics. The yield should be at least as high as the yield of the currently contracted varieties. The tubers need to have low reducing sugars for light fry color, and high specific gravity. A new variety should be resistant to tuber defects or deformities caused by disease, water stress, or heat. It should begin tuber bulking early and grow rapidly for early harvest. Late-harvest varieties should be resistant to early die to continue bulking tubers until harvest.

Potato variety development trials at the Malheur Experiment Station in 2008 included the Western Region Russet Trial with 13 entries, the Oregon Statewide Russet Trial with 23 entries, the Preliminary Russet Yield Trial with 77 entries, the Western Region Specialty Trial of 22 colored skin and/or flesh potato varieties, and the Oregon Specialty Trial of 12 colored skin and/or flesh potato varieties. Through these trials and active cooperation with other scientists in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, promising new lines are bred and evaluated. Eventually, the best of them may be released as new varieties.

Materials and Methods

The potato variety trials were grown using sprinkler irrigation on Owyhee silt loam, where winter wheat was the previous crop and potato had not been grown for the past 7 years. A soil test taken in the fall of 2007 showed the need for 50 lb nitrogen (N)/acre, 46 lb sulfate (SO4)/acre, 100 lb/acre sulfur (S)/acre, 5 lb zinc (Zn)/acre, 6 lb manganese (Mn)/acre, and 2 lb boron (B)/acre. In the fall, fertilizer was applied and then the soil was fumigated with Telone® II at 25 gal/acre and was bedded on 36-inch row spacing.

Seed of all varieties was hand cut into 2-oz seed pieces and treated with Tops-MZ®plus Gaucho® dust and placed in storage to suberize. Potato seed pieces were planted in single row plots using a 2-row assist-feed planter with 9-inch seed spacing in 36-inch rows. Red potatoes were planted at the end of each plot as markers to separate the potato plots at harvest, except in the specialty trials where russet was used as the marker.

The following trials were planted on April 17: Western Region Russet and Oregon Statewide. The following trials were planted on April 18: Oregon Specialty, Preliminary Yield, and Western Regional Specialty. All trials, except the Preliminary Yield trial, had plots that were 30 seed pieces long with 4 replicates. The Preliminary Yield trial had plots that were 20 seed pieces long and 2 replicates.

After planting, hills were re-formed over the rows with a Lilliston rolling cultivator. Prowl H2O® at 0.95 lb ai/acre, Dual Magnum® at 1.3 lb ai/acre, and Buccaneer® at 2.0 lb ai/acre were applied as a tank mix for weed control on May 5. The herbicides were incorporated with sprinkler irrigation applying 0.56 inch of water. Matrix® at 0.38 oz ai/acre was applied on May 30 through the sprinkler system. Matrix was again applied through the sprinkler system at 0.25 oz ai/acre on June 19. Quadris-Opti® at 0.1lb and 1.0 lb ai/acre was applied for preventive control of fungal diseases on July 28.

Irrigation was applied 23 times, from May 30 to September 9, with scheduling based on seven Watermark soil moisture sensors Model 200SS connected to an Irrometer Monitor (Irrometer Co. Inc., Riverside, CA) and six Watermark granular matrix sensors (Irrometer Co., Riverside, CA) connected to an AM400 data logger (M.K. Hansen Co., Wenatchee, WA) that recorded soil water tension at seed-piece depth. Irrigations were managed to prevent the soil at the seed-piece depth from drying beyond 60 cb soil water tension. Crop evapotranspiration (ETc) was estimated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation using data from an AgriMet weather station on the Malheur Experiment Station (Fig. 1).

Fertilizer was applied based on petiole tests taken on June 19, July 3, and August 12. Fertilizer was injected into the sprinkler system during irrigation. A total of 100 lb N/acre, 20 lb phosphate (P2O5)/acre, 40 lb K/acre, 10 lb magnesium (Mg)/acre, 0.75 lb Zn/acre, 0.5 lb Mn/acre, 0.25 lb Cu/acre, and 0.45 lb B/acre was applied during the season.

The vines were flailed on September 17. Potatoes in the Western Region and Oregon Statewide Russet Trials were dug on September 23. Potatoes in the Preliminary Yield trial were dug on September 24. Potatoes in the Western Region and Oregon Specialty trials were dug on September 25. At each harvest, the potatoes in each plot were lifted with a two-row digger that laid the tubers back onto the soil in each row. Visual evaluations included observations of desirable traits, such as a high yield of large, smooth, uniformly shaped and sized, oblong to long, attractively russeted tubers, with shallow eyes evenly distributed over the tuber length. Notes were also taken of tuber defects such as growth cracks, knobs, curved or irregularly shaped tubers, pointed ends, stem-end decay, attached stolons, heat sprouts and chain tubers, folded bud ends, rough skin due to excessive russeting, pigmented eyes, or any other defect. A note was made for each plot to keep or discard the clone based on the overall appearance of the tubers.

Tubers were placed into burlap sacks and hauled to a barn where they were kept under tarps until grading. Tubers were graded by market class (U.S. No. 1 and U.S. No. 2) and weight (<4 oz, 4-6 oz, 6-12 oz, and >12 oz). Tubers were graded as U.S. No. 2 if any of the following conditions occurred: growth cracks, bottleneck shape, abnormally curved shape, or two or more knobs. A 20-tuber sample from each plot was placed into storage. The storage temperature was gradually reduced to 45°F. After 6 weeks, a 20-tuber sample from each plot (except the Specialty Trials) was evaluated for tuber quality traits for processing. Specific gravity was measured using the weight-in-air, weight-in-water method. Ten tubers per plot were cut lengthwise and the 10 center slices were fried for 3.5 min in 375°F soybean oil. Percent light reflectance was measured on the stem and bud ends of each slice using a Photovolt Reflectance Meter model 577 (Seradyn, Inc., Indianapolis, IN), with a green tristimulus filter, calibrated to read 0 percent light reflectance on the black standard cup and 73.6 percent light reflectance on the white porcelain standard plate.

Data from all trials were analyzed with the General Linear Models analysis of variance procedure in NCSS (Number Cruncher Statistical Systems, Kaysville, UT) using Fisher's protected LSD (least significant difference) for means separation at the 95 percent confidence level.

Results and Discussion

A total of 24.3 inches of irrigation water was applied from emergence on May 22 to vine flailing on September 17 (Fig. 1). Precipitation for the same period totaled 1.4 inches. Potato evapotranspiration for the same period totaled 30.3 inches.

Western Region Russet Trial

The clones with the highest total yields in the Western Regional Late Harvest Trial were 'PA99N2-1' with 785.4 cwt/acre, Russet Burbank with 724.3 cwt/acre, and 'A97066-42LB' with 703.5 cwt/acre (Table 1). The clones PA99N2-1, A97066-42LB, and 'CO98067-7RU' were among the clones with the highest U.S. No. 1 yields. Clones A97066-42LB, 'AO96141-3', and Ranger Russet were among the clones with the highest specific gravity. Clones AO96141-3, 'CO97087-2RU', and 'PA99N82-4' were among the clones with the lightest frying tubers. Russet Burbank produced significantly more U.S. No. 2 tubers than the other clones in this trial. Most of the clones and 'Russet Norkotah' had better visual appearance at harvest than Ranger Russet or Russet Burbank (Table 2).

Oregon Statewide Trial

'OR04057-2', 'AO98282-5', and 'AO02183-2' were among the clones with the highest total yields and U.S. No. 1 yields. The clones AO98282-5', 'OR04062-1', and 'AO96141-3' had specific gravity, a measure of tuber solids, among the highest in this trial. The clones 'AO02183-2', AO96141-3, and 'AO02118-2' were among the clones with the lightest fry color for processing (Table 3). Most of the clones and Russet Norkotah had better visual appearance at harvest than Ranger Russet or Russet Burbank (Table 4).

Colored Flesh Potato Trials

Potato tubers with red to yellow carotinoid or red, blue, and purple anthocyanin pigments are of interest because of the anti-oxidant properties of these pigments in human nutrition. Two trials tested specialty potato varieties in 2008: Western Region Specialty and Oregon Specialty.

Western Region Specialty Trial

In the Western Region Specialty Trial, 'POR02PG26-5', 'ATTX98500-2P/Y', and 'Purple Majesty' were among the clones with the highest total yield (Table 5). Clones 'OR00068-11', 'ATTX961014-1R/Y' and 'CO99045-1W/Y' were among the clones with the highest yield of 4- to 10-oz tubers. 'Dark Red Norland', 'Yukon Gold', and 'Red LaSoda' had more than 95 cwt/acre of tubers over 10 oz, which are considered cull tubers in the usual markets for specialty potatoes. Clones varied greatly in appearance and taste (Tables 6 and 7).

Oregon Specialty Potato Trial

The clone 'POR04PG01-2', 'OR04036-5', and 'POR03PG80-2' were among the clones with the highest total yield (Table 8). Yukon Gold and POR03PG80-2 had more than 100 cwt/acre of tubers over 10 oz. Promising clones with favorable yield, appearance, and taste (Tables 9 and 10) are being advanced to the Western Regional Specialty Trial.

Preliminary Russet Yield Trial

Of the 74 clones tested, 9 were selected for further testing (Table 11). Some of the varieties had significantly higher yield and grade and better processing quality than the three commercial varieties in the trial. Some of the clones and Russet Norkotah had better visual appearance at harvest than Ranger Russet or Russet Burbank (Table 12).



Table 1. Western Regional Russet Trial potato yield, grade, and processing quality, Malheur Experiment Station, Oregon State University, Ontario, OR, 2008.



U.S. No. 1








Average fry color, light reflectance



Variety

Total yield

Percent No. 1

Total

>12 oz

6-12 oz

4-6 oz

U.S. No. 2

Marketable

<4 oz

Cull

Length/ width

Specific gravity

Sugar ends




cwt/acre

%

------------------------------------cwt/acre---------------------------------------

ratio

g cm-3

------- % ---------


Ranger Russet

670.0

87.1

584.4

193.9

271.2

119.2

67.0

651.4

16.1

2.5

1.89

1.1050

48.4

0.0


Russet Burbank

724.3

72.3

524.2

90.9

260.1

173.2

161.5

685.7

17.7

20.8

1.68

1.0864

43.2

0.0


Russet Norkotah

581.3

94.4

548.0

52.7

331.9

163.5

13.3

561.4

20.0

0.0

1.71

1.0794

43.3

2.5


A0008-1TE

604.4

94.8

572.9

65.9

354.3

152.7

15.4

588.3

14.9

1.2

1.76

1.0865

52.0

0.0


A97066-42LB

703.5

93.9

661.9

118.9

348.0

194.9

9.6

671.5

29.1

3.0

1.57

1.1088

49.1

0.0


AC96052-1RU

569.5

92.4

529.8

9.1

246.2

274.5

1.7

531.5

37.9

0.0

1.65

1.0963

51.7

0.0


AO96141-3

645.7

93.9

607.1

26.0

318.5

262.6

9.4

616.5

28.7

0.5

1.92

1.1069

56.6

0.0


AOTX95265-4Ru

561.4

94.5

530.3

124.3

288.8

117.3

10.7

541.0

18.1

2.3

1.65

1.0761

42.3

0.0


CO97087-2RU

660.4

94.7

625.3

24.7

289.8

310.7

8.8

634.1

24.3

2.0

1.61

1.0987

53.6

0.0


CO98067-7RU

699.4

93.5

654.1

41.1

375.1

237.9

11.6

665.6

29.5

4.3

1.66

1.0795

40.8

0.0


CO98368-2RU

538.6

92.1

496.3

11.6

178.1

306.6

10.0

506.3

31.5

0.8

1.63

1.0930

45.6

0.0


PA99N2-1

785.4

97.1

762.4

90.5

498.5

173.5

7.6

770.0

15.4

0.0

1.41

1.0975

49.3

0.0


PA99N82-4

665.5

93.7

623.7

90.8

345.6

187.3

18.6

642.3

23.2

0.0

1.41

1.0982

53.4

0.0


Mean

646.9

91.9

593.9

72.3

315.9

205.7

26.5

620.4

23.6

2.9

1.66

1.0933

48.4

0.2


LSD (0.05)

128.2

3.8

124.3

72.9

77.6

57.1

21.4

124.3

8.4

8.7

0.13

0.0085

3.6

NS




Table 2. Western Regional Russet Trial tuber visual observations at harvest. Tuber defect observations are from a total of four plots for each clone. K = clone should be saved, D = clone should be discarded. Capital letters denote a higher intensity of an observation compared to lower case letters. Since there were four replicates, a clone could be scored for the same attribute up to four times.

Cultivar

Observations

Ranger Russet

D, d3, CURVES, pointed, irregular, IRREGULAR, growth cracks, GROWTH CRACKS, bottle neck, alligator hide

Russet Burbank

D4, 2pointed, POINTED, 2growth cracks, GROWTH CRACKS, irregular, IRREGULAR, knobs, KNOBS, 2curves,

dumbbell, 2DUMBELL, bottle neck, 2BOTTLE NECK

Russet Norkotah

K, 2k, d, 2pointed, 2bottle neck, 2irregular, water rot

A0008-1TE

K2, k2, 3heart shape, 3irregular, 3growth cracks, 2pointed, water rot

A97066-42LB

K, k3, knobs, curved, 3irreguar, 2growth cracks, pointed, dumbbell, discolored shine, mouse's favorite

AC96052-1RU

K2, k2, irregular, 2pointed, heart shape, alligator hide, SWOLLEN LENTICELS

AO96141-3

k, d3, knobs, heart shape, 3curved, 4POINTED

AOTX95265-4Ru

K3, k, knobs, 2pointed, 2growth cracks, 2heart shape, irregular, 3bottle neck

CO97087-2RU

k2, d2, 3pointed, 3irregular, IRREGULAR, bottle neck, heart shape, curves, swollen lenticels, SWOLLEN LENTICELS,

growth cracks, alligator hide

CO98067-7RU

K, k, d2, 2pointed, 4bottle neck, 2curves, knobs, irregular, heart shape, alligator hide, water rot, 2swollen lenticels

CO98368-2RU

k4, 3pointed, 2swollen lenticels, irregular, knobs

PA99N2-1

K2, k, d, swollen lenticels, 3irregular, IRREGULAR, 2heart shape, 2growth cracks, pointed, ROUND

PA99N82-4

k4, 3pointed, 2swollen lenticels, irregular, 2round, ROUND, growth cracks, GROWTH CRACKS, bottleneck



Table 3. Oregon Statewide Russet Trial potato yield, grade, and processing quality, Malheur Experiment Station, Oregon State University, Ontario, OR, 2008.



U.S. No. 1








Average fry color, light reflectance



Variety

Total yield

Percent No. 1

Total

>12 oz

6-12 oz

4-6 oz

U.S. No. 2

Marketable

<4 oz

Cull

Length/ width

Specific gravity

Sugar ends




cwt/acre

%

------------------------------------cwt/acre---------------------------------------

ratio

g cm-3

------% ------


Russet Burbank

759.3

40.8

308.7

43.4

135.3

130.1

301.9

610.6

54.3

94.4

1.89

1.0865

38.6

0.0


Ranger

580.0

63.5

361.2

117.3

170.0

74.0

178.7

540.0

23.1

16.9

2.00

1.0950

45.9

0.0


Norkotah

578.1

90.4

522.0

74.3

311.3

136.4

18.1

540.1

34.4

3.6

1.79

1.0802

40.2

0.0


AO96141-3

694.3

75.8

527.6

47.3

317.3

163.0

121.7

649.3

39.4

5.6

2.12

1.0977

53.2

0.0


AO96305-3

660.4

61.7

408.4

81.2

253.8

73.3

209.9

618.3

25.0

17.2

2.05

1.0896

51.1

0.0


AO96365-2

732.6

89.7

656.7

82.9

394.1

179.6

24.0

680.7

45.6

6.2

1.71

1.0901

43.7

0.0


AO98282-5

863.9

87.6

758.6

77.1

469.0

212.6

48.3

806.9

55.5

1.5

1.82

1.1077

50.7

0.0


AO00057-2

674.8

79.7

538.2

145.5

294.4

98.4

98.3

636.5

28.0

10.4

1.67

1.0940

51.4

0.0


AO01057-5

614.3

93.7

575.7

76.3

338.5

161.0

7.6

583.3

25.0

6.1

1.66

1.0882

50.3

0.0


AO02019-3

624.4

85.3

530.9

239.9

236.3

54.6

72.7

603.6

16.4

4.5

2.23

1.0913

47.4

0.0


AO02182-1

664.8

90.0

597.7

77.3

362.7

157.8

27.7

625.4

36.9

2.6

1.83

1.0872

42.3

0.0


AO02183-2

823.6

91.1

752.0

63.2

482.9

205.8

22.3

774.3

49.3

0.0

1.99

1.0973

54.7

0.0


AO01114-4

640.8

92.4

593.3

65.4

379.7

148.1

26.0

619.3

12.4

9.2

1.88

1.0948

45.4

0.0


AO02060-3

729.9

88.4

645.0

154.4

386.8

103.8

52.9

697.8

29.4

2.6

1.82

1.0859

50.8

0.0


AO02118-2

638.3

94.2

601.7

147.7

358.2

95.8

6.3

608.0

30.3

0.0

1.74

1.0859

52.7

0.0


AO03003-3

617.0

81.5

502.7

5.2

210.5

287.0

28.4

531.2

79.7

6.1

1.78

1.0843

45.7

0.0


AO03096-5

813.5

64.5

523.5

82.9

316.1

124.5

257.6

781.1

23.0

9.4

1.94

1.0927

48.9

0.0


OR03085-5

600.2

72.2

436.3

75.0

164.1

197.2

54.0

490.3

53.7

56.2

1.65

1.0940

46.7

0.0


OR03151-4

777.3

85.4

663.3

32.4

240.8

390.0

26.8

690.1

86.2

1.0

1.69

1.0967

41.8

0.0


OR04018-5

661.1

88.1

583.9

217.9

282.8

83.2

43.7

627.6

28.3

5.3

1.80

1.0901

50.0

0.0


OR04057-2

866.3

86.1

744.8

177.9

387.2

179.7

51.8

796.6

51.3

18.4

1.97

1.0838

47.0

0.0


OR04062-1

800.4

84.2

664.4

24.5

362.7

277.3

10.5

674.9

62.8

62.8

1.60

1.1049

46.2

0.0


POR05V016-2

784.6

81.9

627.6

20.6

363.6

243.4

12.9

640.5

68.3

75.7

1.52

1.0855

41.4

0.0


Mean

704.3

81.2

570.6

92.6

313.8

164.2

74.0

644.6

41.7

18.1

1.83

1.0915

47.2

0.0


LSD (0.05)

128.4

11.4

111.3

63.2

80.5

60.8

50.2

116.4

21.9

NS

0.22

0.0121

2.5

NS




Table 4. Oregon Statewide Russet Trial tuber visual observations at harvest. Tuber defect observations are from a total of four plots for each clone. K = clone should be saved, D = clone should be discarded. Capital letters denote a higher intensity of an observation compared to lower case letters. Since there were four replicates, a clone could be scored for the same attribute up to four times.

Cultivar

Observations

Russet Burbank

D4, 2knobs, 2KNOBS, curves, CURVES, growth cracks, 3GROWTH CRACKS, irregular, IRREGULAR, 2dumbell, DUMBELL, 2pointed

Ranger

D2, d2 curves, 3CURVES, pointed, 3knobs, 2growth cracks, heart shape

Norkotah

K4, curves, growth cracks, 3irregular

AO96141-3

D, d3, dumbbell, bottleneck, BOTTLENECK, knobs, 3curves, 3pointed, POINTED, 2growth cracks, GROWTH CRACKS, heart shape

AO96305-3

D2, d2, 3growth cracks, GROWTH CRACKS, 3curves, CURVES, 2heart shape, 2dumbell, irregular, pointed

AO96365-2

K2, k2, 2irregular, 4pointed, growth cracks, dumbbell

AO98282-5

k4, 3pointed, dumbbell, 2curves, 4irregular, 2heart shape, bottleneck, growth cracks

AO00057-2

k3, d, 3curves, 2knobs, 3dumbell, 2irregular, 2pointed, 2growth cracks, swollen lenticels

AO01057-5

K3, k, knobs, 2irregular, 2pointed, curves, growth cracks

AO02019-3

K2, k2, 4curves, 2growth cracks, 2knobs, irregular, pointed, water rot

AO02182-1

K3, k, 4pointed, irregular, swollen lenticels

AO02183-2

K2, k2, 2irregular, 3pointed, 2swollen lenticels, curves, heart shape, knobs

AO01114-4

K3, k, 3growth cracks, swollen lenticels

AO02060-3

K2, k2, irregular, 4growth cracks, heart shape, dumbbell, pointed, 2curves

AO02118-2

K3, k, 4irregular, 2swollen lenticels, growth cracks, pointed

AO03003-3

k3, d, 3pointed, POINTED, swollen lenticels, curves, heart shape, growth cracks, 2irregular, bottleneck

AO03096-5

k, D, d2, 2growth cracks, 2curves, pointed, POINTED, bottleneck, BOTTLENECK, 2dumbell,

OR03085-5

K, k2, D, 3curves, knobs, KNOBS, 2pointed, 3growth cracks, irregular

OR03151-4

K, k3, 3irregular, 2pointed, curves, heart shape, swollen lenticels

OR04018-5

K2, k, d, 2heart shape, 2curves, 3pointed, dumbbell, 2irregular,

OR04057-2

K, k, d2, 4pointed, 4irregular, 2curves, 3swollen lenticels, dumbbell, 2heart shape, ALLIGATOR HIDE

OR04062-1

K2, k2, 4irregular, 3pointed, heart shape

POR05V016-2

K3, k, 3irregular, 2pointed, heart shape, knobs, bottleneck



Table 5. Western Regional Specialty Potato Trial yield and grade of colored flesh clones. Malheur Experiment Station, Oregon State University, Ontario, OR, 2008.


Skin/flesh

color


U.S. No.1


U.S.

No.2

Cull

U.S.

No. 2 +culls

Rotten tubers

Average tuber weight

No. of tubers

/plant

Specific gravity

Variety

Total

yield

<4oz

4-6

oz

6-10

oz

4-10 oz

<10 oz

>10 oz



-------------------------------------------------- cwt/acre ---------------------------------------------------

oz


g cm-3

Dk Red Norland

Dark red/white

649.2

17.5

172.5

340.9

513.4

530.9

108.3

8.3

0.0

8.3

1.6

6.2

8.6

1.0769

Red LaSoda

Lt. red/white

528.5

17.3

136.9

271.2

408.0

425.3

98.1

3.0

0.0

3.0

2.2

5.6

7.8

1.0785

CO98012-5R

Red/white

523.2

109.1

339.2

65.2

404.4

513.5

0.0

9.7

0.0

9.7

0.0

3.0

14.3

1.0840

NDA7985-1R

Red/white

625.6

36.9

255.8

271.0

526.8

563.7

49.3

11.7

0.0

11.7

0.9

4.5

11.6

1.0790

A99331-2RY

Red/yellow

651.3

122.2

350.6

145.0

495.5

617.7

24.0

9.6

0.0

9.6

0.0

3.3

16.5

1.0900

AC99329-7PW/Y

Purple/yellow

554.9

74.5

278.7

147.8

426.4

501.0

19.6

33.8

0.0

33.8

0.5

3.7

12.6

1.0962

AC99330-1P/Y

Purple/yellow

625.4

174.0

392.7

50.7

443.4

617.4

3.3

4.6

0.0

4.6

0.0

2.8

18.4

1.0866

ATTX961014-1R/Y

Red/yellow

681.0

49.5

297.4

275.4

572.7

622.2

36.9

20.0

0.0

20.0

2.0

4.8

11.9

1.0798

ATTX98500-2P/Y

Purple/yellow

701.1

70.0

331.3

215.8

547.2

617.2

69.1

14.3

0.0

14.3

0.6

4.2

14.0

1.0890

POR01PG45-5

Pale purple/yellow

593.8

67.4

403.0

118.1

521.1

588.5

0.0

4.5

0.0

4.5

0.8

3.9

12.6

1.0969

CO97222-1R/R

Red/red

483.8

106.4

322.1

49.7

371.8

478.2

1.2

3.5

0.0

3.5

0.9

3.0

13.4

1.0824

PA96RR1-193

Red/red

554.4

93.4

368.1

84.3

452.4

545.8

5.5

2.0

0.0

2.0

1.1

3.6

12.9

1.0883

POR03PG23-1

Red/white

514.0

69.3

353.8

75.9

429.8

499.1

0.9

8.5

0.0

8.5

5.6

2.9

14.7

1.0879

Purple Majesty

Dk blue/purple

693.4

123.3

434.0

109.4

543.4

666.7

5.6

21.2

0.0

21.2

0.0

3.3

17.4

1.0857

CO97215-2P/P

Purple/purple

557.0

94.2

372.9

87.9

460.7

555.0

1.1

1.0

0.0

1.0

0.0

3.2

14.5

1.0946

CO97227-2P/PW

Purple/pur/white

565.2

269.8

242.6

14.8

257.4

527.2

1.0

36.8

0.0

36.8

0.2

2.3

20.6

1.0949

OR00068-11

Purple/purple

679.3

68.8

447.2

145.4

592.6

661.4

8.6

9.3

0.0

9.3

0.0

3.7

15.1

1.1044

Yukon Gold

White/yellow

423.7

16.7

103.1

190.9

293.9

310.7

100.1

11.6

0.0

11.6

1.3

6.2

5.7

1.0904

A00286-3Y

Yellow/yellow

424.8

34.1

197.4

152.8

350.2

384.3

33.2

6.9

0.0

6.9

0.5

4.7

7.5

1.0866

CO99045-1W/Y

White/yellow

657.5

56.2

359.5

202.4

561.9

618.1

30.8

6.7

0.0

6.7

1.9

4.0

13.6

1.0950

POR02PG26-5

Yellow/yellow

707.2

55.4

345.7

213.6

559.3

614.7

26.7

59.1

0.0

59.1

6.6

5.0

12.0

1.0888

POR02PG37-2

Yellow/yellow

532.7

66.9

285.2

155.2

440.4

507.4

18.0

5.7

0.0

5.7

1.5

4.1

10.8

1.0912

Mean


587.6

81.5

308.6

153.8

462.4

543.9

29.2

13.3

0.0

13.3

1.3

4.0

13.0

1.0885

LSD (0.05)


109.7

25.6

69.5

76.9

106.9

99.6

37.7

13.5

NS

13.5

NS

0.7

2.1

0.0067




Table 6. Western Region Specialty
Trial tuber visual observations at harvest. Tuber defect observations are from a total of four plots for each clone. K = clone should be saved, D = clone should be discarded. Capital letters denote a higher intensity of an observation compared to lower case letters. Since there were four replicates, a clone could be scored for the same attribute up to four times.

Cultivar

Observations

Dk Red Norland

k4, 4red, pointed

Red LaSoda

k4, 4red, 3growth cracks

CO98012-5R

k4, 4red

NDA7985-1R

k3, K 4red, heart shaped, water rot

A99331-2RY

k, d3, 4red, 3yellow, heart shape, mottled skin, 2inconsistent color

AC99329-7PW/Y

k3, d, 4purple, 4yellow, mottled skin, KNOBS

AC99330-1P/Y

k4, 4purple, swollen lenticels

ATTX961014-1R/Y

k4, 4red, 3pointed

ATTX98500-2P/Y

k4, 4purple

POR01PG45-5

k4, 3purple, 2red, pointed

CO97222-1R/R

k3, d, 3red, ALLIGATOR HIDE

PA96RR1-193

k4, 4red, growth cracks

POR03PG23-1

k4, 4red, 4yellow, 2mottled skin

Purple Majesty

d4, 4purple, 4ALLIGATOR HIDE

CO97215-2P/P

k4, 4purple, mouse's favorite

CO97227-2P/PW

k4, 4purple, round, heart shape, growth cracks

OR00068-11

k4, 4purple

Yukon Gold

k4, 4yellow

A00286-3Y

k4, 4yellow, pointed, knobs

CO99045-1W/Y

k4, 4yellow, bottleneck, pointed, russet, dumbbell

POR02PG26-5

d4, 4yellow stained pink, 4pointed, 3knobs, 2dumbell

POR02PG37-2

k4, 4yellow, 4pink eyes




Table 7. Western Region Specialty Trial subjective taste test. Taste rating: 0 = worst, 5 = best. Tubers were evaluated after 3.5 months of storage at 46°F and 90 percent relative humidity. Baked tubers had surface oiled with cooking oil spray and baked for 60 min at 400°F. Microwaved tubers were cut in half, sprayed with cooking oil, and microwaved on high for 7-8 min. Malheur Experiment Station, Oregon State University, Ontario, OR, 2008.

Clone/Variety

No. of sprouts

Avg. length of longest sprout (cm)

Baked

Rating (0-5)

Microwave

Rating (0-5)



Dk Red Norland

0


ok, sort of sweet, slightly off taste

4.0

pastier, slightly off taste

4.2


Red LaSoda

0


pasty, slightly off flavor

3.9

slightly gummy, less flavor

4.0


CO98012-5R

2

0.2

slightly gummy, taste is good, Candace does not like

3.5

slightly off flavor, Candace does not like

3.3


A99331-2RY

4

2.2

not bad, slight aftertaste, Myrtle thinks it is horrid

3.5

off flavor is stronger when microwaved

3.2


AC99329-7PW/Y

6.5

3.1

flakey, sweet, slightly bitter, Clint only

3.8

bitter, off flavor

3.3


AC99330-1P/Y

1.5

1.4

ok

4.0

slightly bitter, not inedible

3.8


ATTX961014-1R/Y

3.5

4.5

good, bad, bad - disagreement among judges

3.3

good, bad - disagreement among judges

3.3


ATTX98500-2P/Y

6

2

ok to good, slightly mealy

4.25

not as good microwaved, somewhat bitter

3.9


POR01PG45-5

0


ok, skin is good

3.9

chewy, takes longer to cook

3.9


CO97222-1R/R

0


aftertaste, mealy texture

3.5

very little aftertaste, texture is fine, took slightly longer to cook

3.8


PA96RR1-193

0


firm texture

4.25

slight aftertaste, took slightly longer to cook

4.2


POR03PG23-1

4

3.7

firm, slight off flavor, acid?, stem end is tasty

3.5

purple parts are really good, some bitterness

4.0


Purple Majesty

3.5

4.3

slightly disagreeable aftertaste, bland

3.8

mealy, bland

4.2


CO97215-2P/P

2

0.1

different flavor, a bit chewy, skin is good, Candace likes it - special flavor

4.0

mealy

3.8


CO97227-2P/PW

2

0.7

distinctive flavor, Clint thinks it's bitter, skin is good

4.1

mealy

3.4


OR00068-11

0


distinctly bitter

3.0

beautiful purple color, somewhat acid or bitter, good aftertaste

3.8


Yukon Gold

1

0.6

mealy, slightly acid or bitter, skin is ok

3.8

bland

4.0


A00286-3Y

0


sweet, good to bad good flavor

3.7

bad flavor

3.4


CO99045-1W/Y

1.5

1

flakey texture, good taste

3.9

mealy, acid

3.6


POR02PG26-5

1

0.7

potato-potato flavor, skin is good

4.1

mealy, good flavor

4.0


POR02PG37-2

13

5.1

firm potato, gummy good

4.4

good flavor, flaky

4.2




Table 8. Oregon Specialty Potato Trial yield and grade of colored flesh clones. Malheur Experiment Station, Oregon State University, Ontario, OR, 2008.


Total

yield


U.S. No. 1




U.S.

No. 2 +culls

Rotten tubers

Average

tuber weight

No. of tubers /plant

Specific gravity

Variety

<4 oz

4-6oz

6-10

oz

4-10 oz

<10 oz

>10 oz

U.S.

No.2

Cull


---------------------------------------------------- cwt/acre --------------------------------------------------

oz


g cm-3

Yukon Gold

415.5

16.4

95.0

171.6

266.6

283.0

124.4

8.1

0.0

8.1

0.0

6.0

5.8

1.0875

All Blue

515.9

100.9

370.7

33.6

404.3

505.2

2.6

8.1

0.0

8.1

0.0

3.0

14.3

1.0778

OR04036-5

755.7

96.5

526.3

114.3

640.6

737.0

7.5

10.0

0.0

10.0

1.1

3.5

18.0

1.0642

OR04036-7

601.4

118.3

372.9

83.6

456.5

574.8

3.7

22.4

0.0

22.4

0.5

3.6

13.9

1.0786

OR04131-2

484.8

130.5

318.1

21.1

339.2

469.6

1.2

11.2

0.0

11.2

2.7

2.6

15.5

1.0827

POR02PG12-1

601.9

304.7

280.1

6.7

286.7

591.5

0.0

10.4

0.0

10.4

0.0

1.8

28.7

1.0813

POR03PG80-2

737.7

16.1

191.6

396.4

588.0

604.1

119.6

12.5

0.0

12.5

1.5

6.3

9.6

1.0857

POR04PG01-2

770.1

68.1

429.8

248.3

678.1

746.1

18.0

3.2

0.0

3.2

2.7

4.4

14.7

1.0933

POR04PG03-9

715.0

139.5

437.8

131.2

569.0

708.5

3.1

3.4

0.0

3.4

0.0

3.0

19.7

1.0886

POR04PG11-2

561.8

143.1

290.0

98.4

388.4

531.4

11.6

17.8

0.0

17.8

0.9

2.6

18.1

1.0906

POR05PG26-11

577.4

134.7

359.3

58.2

417.6

552.3

0.0

24.7

0.0

24.7

0.5

2.8

17.2

1.0936

POR05PG56-1

581.6

133.4

395.5

47.2

442.7

576.1

2.2

1.6

0.0

1.6

1.7

2.9

16.5

1.0851

Mean

612.5

115.3

333.8

123.9

457.7

573.1

26.5

12.0

0.0

12.0

0.9

3.6

15.9

1.0841

LSD (0.05)

86.8

26.4

79.1

45.8

94.3

90.8

32.1

13.0

NS

13.0

NS

0.7

3.5

0.0079



Table 9. Oregon Specialty Trial tuber visual observations at harvest. Tuber defect observations are from a total of four plots for each clone. K = clone should be saved, D = clone should be discarded. Capital letters denote a higher intensity of an observation compared to lower case letters. Since there were four replicates, a clone could be scored for the same attribute up to four times.

Cultivar

Observations

Yukon Gold

K2,k2, 4yellow, 2growth cracks, heart shape

All Blue

D2, d2, 4purple, 4ALLIGATOR HIDE

OR04036-5

K, k3, 4yellow, 2 knobs

OR04036-7

d4, white stained pink, pink, inconsistent color, yellow, pink, yellow stained pink, 2heart shape

OR04131-2

K, 3k, 4red

POR02PG12-1

D, 3k, 4yellow, dumbbell, growth cracks, knobs, KNOBS

POR03PG80-2

K2, k, d, 3purple, red, alligator hide

POR04PG01-2

3k, d, 4yellow, 3purple, 2inconsistent color, red

POR04PG03-9

k2, d2, 4red, 4yellow, 3inconsistent color

POR04PG11-2

k3, d, 4yellow, 4red, dumbbell, knobs, KNOBS

POR05PG26-11

D, d, k2, 4yellow, 3red eye, 2knobs, KNOBS, heart shape

POR05PG56-1

K, k3, 4purple



Table 10. Oregon Specialty Trial subjective taste test. Taste rating: 0 = worst, 5 = best. Tubers were evaluated after 3.5 months of storage at 46°F and 90 percent relative humidity. Baked tubers had surface oiled with cooking oil spray, and were baked for 60 min at 400°F. Microwaved tubers were cut in half, sprayed with cooking oil, and microwaved on high for 7-8 min. Malheur Experiment Station, Oregon State University, Ontario, OR, 2008.

Clone/Variety

No. of sprouts

Avg. length of longest sprout (cm)

Baked

Rating (0-5)

Microwave

Rating (0-5)



Yukon Gold

0


bitter, pasty

3.5

nice texture, bitter

3.6


All Blue

0


good, skinless, horrid taste, need longer baking time due to density

2.5

bitter, horrid

2.5


OR04036-5

0


no off flavor, chewy

4.9

sweet, smooth

4.9


OR04036-7

0


bitter, skin not good

2.0

ok, bitter skin

2.5


OR04131-2

0


ok

4.0

ok

4.0


POR02PG12-1

10

3

good, pasty, slightly bitter

3.8

good, very slightly bitter

3.7


POR03PG80-2

0


crumbly, good

4.5

good

4.5


POR04PG01-2

5

4

mealy, slightly bitter, skin very bitter

2.5

mealy, bitter

2.5


POR04PG03-9

3.5

6

Attractive pink mottled, acid off flavor

2.5

creamy, slightly off flavor

3.0


POR04PG11-2

9.5

3

a little grainy, different flavor, skin is terrible

2.5

mealy, bad flavor

2.0


POR05PG26-11

0.5

1.5

mild flavor

3.8

rubbery overcooked, mild flavor

3.8


POR05PG56-1

0


slightly bitter, excellent texture, cooked relatively quickly

4.0

slightly bitter, agreeable texture

4.0




Table 11. Preliminary Russet Yield Trial yield, grade,
and processing quality. Malheur Experiment Station, Oregon State University, Ontario, OR, 2008.



U.S. No. 1








Average fry color, light reflectance



Variety

Total yield

Percent No. 1

Total

>12 oz

6-12 oz

4-6 oz

U.S. No. 2

Marketable

<4 oz

Cull

Length/ width

Specific gravity

Sugar ends




cwt/acre

%

------------------------------------cwt/acre---------------------------------------

ratio

g cm-3

---- % ----


Russet Burbank

650.5

56.7

368.6

55.5

170.5

142.7

232.1

600.7

25.6

24.2

1.7

1.0809

35.8

0.0


Ranger

671.6

87.3

586.2

238.5

240.9

106.8

58.8

645.0

23.9

2.7

2.0

1.1013

48.4

0.0


Norkotah

596.4

95.5

570.4

132.9

301.1

136.4

7.7

578.2

13.6

4.5

1.7

1.0745

40.1

0.0


AO99135-3

725.3

96.1

696.8

231.2

363.9

101.7

16.1

712.8

8.0

4.5

1.5

1.0963

41.1

0.0


AO99152-1

844.1

61.6

521.0

170.9

225.5

124.6

279.4

800.3

21.8

22.0

1.7

1.1101

41.3

0.0


AO00131-1

714.2

93.8

670.0

127.2

431.6

111.1

2.6

672.6

9.4

32.2

1.8

1.0966

45.1

0.0


AO03087-4

597.9

95.1

567.2

146.2

336.4

84.7

20.5

587.8

10.2

0.0

1.8

1.0961

38.5

0.0


AO03420-1

934.9

85.6

800.3

257.3

410.0

133.0

112.4

912.7

15.8

6.4

1.6

1.0983

47.9

0.0


OR05039-4

834.7

90.1

752.0

171.2

473.4

107.4

67.7

819.7

13.1

1.9

1.9

1.0947

49.0

0.0


OR05078-1

979.1

90.7

887.5

38.9

503.4

345.2

35.6

923.1

46.8

9.2

1.4

1.0924

43.3

0.0


OR05081-1

731.9

94.0

688.1

43.7

408.6

235.8

14.0

702.1

21.4

8.4

1.3

1.0933

50.1

0.0


POR06V12-3

680.2

94.9

646.1

72.2

347.1

226.8

11.3

657.4

22.8

0.0

1.6

1.1067

43.4

0.0


Mean

746.7

86.8

646.2

140.5

351.0

154.7

71.5

717.7

19.4

9.7

1.7

1.0951

43.7

0.0


LSD (0.05)

135.5

6.8

130.9

93.9

103.0

68.0

47.9

136.9

20.4

16.5

0.2

0.0093

4.6

NS




Table 12. Preliminary Russet Yield Trial tuber visual observations at harvest. Tuber defect observations are from a total of two plots for each clone. K = clone should be saved, D = clone should be discarded. Capital letters denote a higher intensity of an observation compared to lower case letters. Since there were two replicates, a clone could be scored for the same attribute up to two times.

Cultivar

Observations

Russet Burbank

d2, 2dumbell, 2curved, CURVED, 2knobs, pointed

Ranger

d2, CURVED, bottleneck, irregular, heart shape

Norkotah

K2, pointed, irregular

AO99135-3

K, k, 2irregular, pointed, curved, growth cracks

AO99152-1

D2, 2GROWTH CRACKS, heart shape, curved, irregular

AO00131-1

k, d, irregular, pointed, POINTED

AO03087-4

d2, 2curved, growth cracks, swollen lenticels, irregular, pointed, POINTED

AO03420-1

K, k, 2irregular, 2growth cracks

OR05039-4

K2, 2pointed, 2irregular, growth cracks

OR05078-1

K, k, irregular, knobs, 2round

OR05081-1

k2, 2irregular, 2round

POR06V12-3

K2, 2irregular



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