Plant and tuber:
Flesh colour: light yellow
Skin colour: yellow
Tuber shape: round oval
Eye depth: 7,2 – shallow
Foliage development: very rapid, uniform emergence
Storage ability: 8,0 – good
Yield: 53 t/ha (according to own studies) – very high
Dormancy period: short
Length of the vegetation period: 78 days
Consumption quality:
Cooking type: B – slightly mealy (starch content 11,5%)
Taste: 6,9 – good
Especially recommended for: steamed and boiled potatoes, mashed potatoes, potato pancakes, potato dumplings, potato purée
Resistances:
PCN: Ro1 – resistant
Synchytrium endobioticum: D1 – resistant
Common scab: 5,5 – medium/high
Mechanical damage: 6,0 – medium/high
Foliage blight: 3,0 – medium
Tuber blight: 3,0 – medium
Potato virus Y (PVY): 8,0 – very high
Metribuzin sensitivity: moderately sensitive
Site requirements:
Werbena has middle demands to soil quality and fertilization, and higher requirements to water supply.