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Yukon Gold is a medium-early, yellow-fleshed potato cultivar with very good boiling, baking, and French-frying quality. It is not suitable for chips. In Ontario its yield is similar to Russet Burbank’s. Plants are susceptible to virus Y and slightly susceptible to virus leafroll but are resistant to mild mosaic. Tubers are moderately susceptible to common scab,Streptomyces scabies.
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Yukon Gold es una variedad temprana a intermedia, de carne amarilla con muy buenas cualidades para coción, horneado y papas fritas. No es adecuada para “chips”. Su rendimiento es similar a “Russet Burbank” en Ontario. Es susceptible a virus Y y ligeramente susceptible al virus del enrrollamiento pero resistente a mosaico moderado. Los tubérculos son de susceptibilidad moderada a la sarna común,Streptomyces scabies.
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A river in the Yukon Territory, Canada and the State of Alaska, U.S.A.
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Johnston, G.R., Rowberry, R.G. Yukon Gold: A new yellow-fleshed, medium-early, high quality table and French-fry cultivar. American Potato Journal 58, 241–244 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02853905
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