Plant and tuber:
Flesh colour: yellow
Skin colour: yellow
Tuber shape: round oval
Eye depth: 7,0 – shallow
Foliage development: very rapid, uniform emergence
Storage ability: 8,0 – very good
Yield: 53,6 t/ha (according to COBORU) – very high
Dormancy period: long
Length of the vegetation period: 99 days
Consumption quality:
Cooking type: B – slightly mealy (starch content 11,4%)
Taste: 7,0 – very good
Especially recommended for: steamed and boiled potatoes, potato casserole, potato pancakes, potato dumplings, potato purée, soup
Resistances:
PCN: Ro1, Ro3, Ro4 – resistant
Synchytrium endobioticum: D1 – resistant
Common scab: 6,0 – medium/high
Mechanical damage: 6,0 – medium/high
Foliage blight: 3,5 – medium
Tuber blight: 4,0 – medium
Potato virus Y (PVY): 7,0 – high
Metribuzin sensitivity: moderately sensitive
Site requirements:
Gwiazda has middle demands to soil quality, fertilization and water supply. Soils in good agricultural conditions are advantageous for ensuring a good tuber quality. An increased nitrogen fertilization should be balanced with a sufficiently high phosphorus-potassium fertilization. An excess of nitrogen may extend vegetation of plants, may delay tuber maturation and may cause an excessive overgrowth of the above-ground parts of the plants.
