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Variety traits

Starch content

Starch content is an indicator of starch concentration in tubers, expressed as a percentage of their weight, which determines culinary properties, keeping quality, and suitability of potatoes for processing.

Mentioned in descriptions 4 253 varieties reference book.

Starch content represents the main energy reserve of the tuber and a key quality parameter affecting the technological properties of potatoes. With a high starch concentration, tubers boil down significantly and become mealy, which is optimal for mashed potatoes and baking, whereas low starch content allows the product to maintain its shape in salads and during frying.

This parameter is estimated as a percentage of the fresh tuber weight using physical gravimetric methods, such as specific gravity determination, or laboratory chemical analyses, including the Ewers method. In variety trials, starch content below 13% is considered low, 13% to 25% is medium, and above 25% is high.

The level of starch content is determined by the genetic potential of the variety and its maturity group, where late-maturing varieties usually accumulate more starch than early ones. This parameter is also significantly influenced by growing conditions, including moisture levels, nitrogen nutrition balance, and potassium fertilizer application, as well as temperature conditions during subsequent crop storage.

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Varieties that feature this in their description

Selection based on the description text, not official resistance ratings: such data is not available in registers. Mention indicates that the trait is discussed in the variety's sources; see the variety's profile for details on what is specifically stated.

Noks

Active

Zea mays L. · Maize

Dziubetskyi, Borys Bebekh, Alina Bodenko, Natalia Plotka, Vitalii Haidash, Oleksandr Bondar, Tetiana Cherchel, Vladyslav Bernatskyi, Maksym Abelmasov, Oleksii Ilchenko, Larysa

UA
3 records

P1884y

Terminated

Zea mays L. subsp. mays (Maize Group) · Maize

PIONEER OVERSEAS CORPORATION

ES
2 records

Zea mays L. · Maize

LIMAGRAIN EUROPE S.A.

IT
2 records

P0260Y

Active

Zea mays L. subsp. mays (Maize Group) · Maize

PIONEER HI-BRED INT.INC/PIONEER OVERSEAS CORP.

ES
2 records

Merjen

Active

Zea mays L. · Maize

MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY

IT
2 records

DKC6812

Active

Zea mays L. · Maize

MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY

IT
2 records

DKC3434

Active

Zea mays L. · Maize

MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY

IT
2 records

DKC4038

Active

Zea mays L. · Maize

MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY

IT
2 records

Lavo

Active

Medicago sativa L. nothosubsp. varia (Martyn) Arcang. · Bastard Medic

Landbruks- og matdepartementet, N - 0030 Oslo

3 records

Żagiel

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Pomorsko Mazurska Hodowla Ziemniaka Sp.z o.o. z siedziba w Strzekecinie

PL
6 records

Zeus

Terminated

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Pomorsko Mazurska Hodowla Ziemniaka Sp.z o.o. z siedziba w Strzekecinie

PL
3 records

Zeta

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Hodowla Ziemniaka Zamarte sp. z o.o. - Grupa IHAR

PL
3 records

Widawa

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Hodowla Ziemniaka Zamarte sp. z o.o. - Grupa IHAR

PL
3 records

Zenia

Terminated

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Hodowla Ziemniaka Zamarte sp. z o.o. - Grupa IHAR

PL
5 records

Zagłoba

Terminated

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Hodowla Ziemniaka Zamarte sp. z o.o. - Grupa IHAR

PL
3 records

Vitally

Active

Zea mays L. · Maize

FREIHERR VON MOREAU SAATZUCHT

IT
2 records

Wawrzyn

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Hodowla Roślin Szyldak sp. z o.o.

PL
5 records

Wiking

Terminated

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Pomorsko Mazurska Hodowla Ziemniaka Sp.z o.o. z siedziba w Strzekecinie

PL
3 records

Wigry

Terminated

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Hodowla Roślin Szyldak sp. z o.o.

PL
3 records

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Niederösterreichische Saatbaugenossenschaft reg.Gen.m.b.H.

AT
3 records

Vilmara

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

APP Agroresursu un ekonomikas institūts

LV
2 records

Vigri

Terminated

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Alice Anderfeld 70%,Peeter Tamm 20%,Jaan Sarv 10%

EE
3 records

VB Meda

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Lietuvos agrarinių ir miškų mokslų centro Vokės filialas

LT
3 records

Uta

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Bavaria Saat GbR

DE
3 records

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