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Millennium Russet: A dual purpose russet potato variety

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Millennium Russet is a medium-late variety with long tubers having light russet skin and white flesh. It has potential as a fresh market and processing (french fries) variety. The tuber type of Millennium Russet is similar to Russet Burbank, but with better external and internal quality. The marketable yield, tuber set, and specific gravity are higher than Russet Burbank. Tubers show good fry color when processed from cold storage (7.2 C). Millennium Russet has a bland flavor and is less mealy and discolored than Russet Burbank. Chemical maturity of Millennium Russet occurs at approximately the same time as Russet Burbank, but it has lower sucrose levels in the bud and stem end. The glucose levels of Millennium Russet were 50% less than Russet Burbank throughout the first 4 months of storage at 10 C. Low glucose levels in the stem end of Millennium Russet when processed out of storage suggest tolerance to stress and low vulnerability to sugar end. Millennium Russet is resistant to common scab and corky ring spot, moderately resistant to dry rot, pink rot, and black scurf, and moderately susceptible to Verticillium wilt, bacterial wilt and brown rot. Millennium Russet is more sensitive to blackspot bruise than Russet Burbank, but more resistant to shatter bruise. Tuber yield of Millennium Russet was less responsive to nitrogen rates when compared with Russet Burbank, but tuber size distribution was more responsive to increases in in-row spacing.

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Millennium Russet es una variedad medianamente tardía con tubérculos largos de piel cascuda y color marron ligero y de pulpa blanca. Es una variedad con potencial para su comercialización en fresco y procesada (papa frita). El tipo de tubérculo es similar al de Russet Burbank, pero con calidad externa e interna superior. El rendimiento comerciable, formación de tubérculos y gravedad específica son más altos que en Russet Burbank. Los tubérculos muestran buen color de fritura cuando se procesan después de almacenamiento en frío (7.2 C). Millennium Russet tiene un sabor suave y es menos harinoso y descolorido que Russet Burbank. La madurez química de Millennium Russet se produce casi al mismo tiempo que Russet Burbank, pero tiene niveles de sacarosa más bajos en los brotes y extremo del tallo. Los niveles de glucosa de Millennium Russet fueron 50% más bajos que los de Russet Burbank en los primeros cuatro meses de almacenamiento a 10 C. Los bajos niveles de glucosa en el extremo del tallo cuando se procesaron los tubérculos sacados de almacenamiento, sugiere tolerancia al estrés y baja vulnerabilidad del azúcar. Millennium Russet es resistente a la sarna común y al anillo corchoso, moderadamente resistente a la pudrición seca, pudrición rosada y costra negra, moderadamente susceptible a la marchitez por Verticillium, marchitez bacteriana y pudrición morena. Millennium Russet es más sensible a la mancha negra por efecto de magulladura que Russet Burbank, pero más resistente a destrozarse cuando ha sufrido golpes. El rendimiento de tubérculos de Millennium Russet tuvo menor respuesta a las dosis de nitrógeno comparado con Russet Burbank, pero la distribución del tamaño del tubérculo respondió mejor al aumento de distanciamiento del surco.

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Groza, H.I., Bowen, B.D., Kichefski, D. et al. Millennium Russet: A dual purpose russet potato variety. Am. J. Pot Res 82, 211–219 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02853587

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