Pavelsko – a new Bulgarian potato variety suitable for chips

Abstract

The variety Pavelsko is bred in the Maritsa Vegetable Crops Research Institute, Plovdiv, by the method of individual clone selection in the hybrid progeny of Britta and line ML 75.25/18yN. It is approved by the Executive Agency for Variety Testing, Approbation and Seed Control, Sofia in 2014. Mid-early variety suitable for mid-early and late production. The variety forms 11–13 mid-large tubers. They are round-oval with yellow netlike skin, shallow eyes and yellow flesh. They possess russet gene determining their high adaptability for industrial processing. The dry matter content is within 25 – 26%, starch 18 – 19% and reducing sugars 0.15 – 0.20%. It is characterized with very good taste and non-discolored flesh. Pavelsko is suitable for fresh consumption and chips. The variety possesses high field resistance to virus diseases and tuber blight. It is resistant to potato cyst nematodes Globodera rostochiensis. It is stored very well during winter-spring season