Atlantic Potato Tables

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Table 1. Yield and specific gravity of Atlantic in Nebraska as reported by growers in 1996.

 
 

Nebraska Region

Yield
cwt/acre

Specific
Gravity

North Central

300-400

1.080-1.095

Southwest

300-400

1.080-1.095

South Central

300-500

1.085-1.100

Panhandle

300-500

1.085.1.100
 
 
 

Table 2. Yield, specific gravity and defects of Atlantic and Snowden in Nebraska variety trials, means of 13 trials conducted around the state from 1996-2001.
 
 

data

Atlantic

Snowden

site mean

Total Yield, cwt/a

475

476

442

Yield US grade A

454

452

417

Specific Gravity

1.092 a

1.089 b

1.086 c

Chip Color (SFA chart)

1.1

1.3

1.3

% Common Scab

9.9

9.0

8.5

% Black Scurf

4.5 a

0.5 b

4.5 a

% Mis-Shaped

1.5 b

1.8 b

4.3 a

% Hollow Heart

2.2

2.0

.2.0
 
 
 

Table 3. Nebraska trials: Disease data from 1997, 1998 and 1999; locations were Imperial, O’Neill and Scottsbluff each year.
 
 

data

Atlantic

Snowden

site mean

Total Yield, cwt/a

379

371

376

Yield US grade A

330

321

322

Specific Gravity

1.088 a

1.084 b

1.079 c

% External Defects

10

11

12

% Internal Defects

21

16

15

Numbers in rows followed by the same letter are not significantly different at the 90% confidence level.