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Performer

Performer is a PCN Pallida resistant processing and chipping variety

Field trials conducted over many years have consistently shown that Performer significantly reduces the population of G. Pallida in the soil, whilst producing a good yield, even when untreated with nematicide. The variety is gaining popularity as a tasty chipper in the fish & chip shop market. It has a yellow skin and a pale yellow flesh colour, and due to its superb uniformity of shape with big, oval long tubers, it is ideally suited for processing. With a floury texture, Performer also eats well as a baker. Although tuber numbers can be lower than other varieties, its marketable yield is very high with low wastage, producing big, bold tubers of 45mm upwards. It has a good dry matter content and is well suited for long term storage. Performer can be cultivated on most soil types but is a little susceptible to Common Scab. 

  • Market outlet: chipping, processing and baking
  • PCN Pallida resistant and tolerant
  • Large long oval tubers
  • High dry matter

Downloads

Agrico Variety Open Day 2023 Book
Performer GRB CL©Agrico21 (1)
COM FLD©Agrico19

Suggested fertiliser treatment
Nitrogen: standard advice -25kg, applied as a split application. The second application at tuber initiation can influence tuber numbers.
Phosphate: standard advise.
Potassium: standard advise.

Plant spacing
35/50mm: 25cm (44,400 plants/Ha).
50/60mm: 32cm (34,700 plants/Ha).
Spacing figures for 90cm row width.

Herbicide sensitivity
Do not use Metribuzin (Sencorex) as it gives a severe foliage reaction and yield reduction.

Fungicides
The variety is susceptible to late Blight, maintain a preventative spraying schedule until all haulm is dead.

Storage
Long dormancy suitable for medium to long term storage.

Performer characteristics

Plant and tuber

  • Maturity
    Maincrop | 5
  • Tuber shape
    Oval long
  • Flesh Colour
    Light yellow | 6
  • 5 low | 9 high
    Tuber number
    Low | 5
  • 5 small | 8 large
    Tuber size
    Large | 8
  • Skin colour
    Yellow
  • Flower colour
    White
  • 4 none | 8 many
    No. of berries
    Average | 6
  • 4 slow | 8 fast
    Foliage: - initial development
    Fast | 8
  • 4 slow | 8 fast
    Foliage: - final development
    Fast | 8
  • Foliage: - selectability
    Quite difficult | 5
  • 4 weak | 8 firm
    Foliage: - firmness
    Quite firm | 7
  • Lightsprout colour
    Green
  • 4 irregular | 8 regular
    Uniformity of shape
    Regular | 7
  • 5 irregular | 8 regular
    Uniformity of size
    Regular | 7
  • 3 insufficient | 8 excellent
    Skin finish
    Quite good | 6

Quality characteristics

  • 6 average | 9 high
    Average yield
    Average | 6,5
  • 300 low | 500 high
    Underwater weight
    410
  • A firm | AB rather firm | B rather floury | BC floury | C floury
    Cooking type
    Floury | BC
  • 4 short | 8 long
    Dormancy
    Long | 8
  • Resistance to harvest damage
    Quite sensitive | 6,5
  • 3 very sensitive | 8 minimum tot none sensitive
    Metribuzin
    Very sensitive | 4
  • 3 very sensitive | 8 minimum tot none sensitive
    Bentazon
    -
  • 4 poor result | 8 good result
    Ethylene
    -
  • 4 very sensitive | 8 minimum to none sensitive
    Secondary growth
    Minimum sensitive | 7
  • 4 very sensitive | 8 minimum to none sensitive
    Growth cracks
    Minimum sensitive | 7
  • 4 very sensitive | 8 minimum to none sensitive
    Black spot
    Minimum sensitive | 7
  • 17% low | 26,5% high
    Dry matter content
    22%
  • 5 moderate | 8 excellent
    Dry matter distribution
    Good | 7
  • 1 very low | 11 quite high
    TGA level
    1,9
  • 4 very sensitive | 8 minimum to none sensitive
    Raw discolouration
    Minimum sensitive | 7
  • 4 very sensitive | 8 minimum to none sensitive
    Discolouration after cooking
    Quite sensitive | 6
  • 4 unsuitable | 8 excellent
    Suitable for chipping
    Excellent | 8
  • 4 unsuitable | 8 excellent
    Suitable for crisping
    Average | 6

Disease resistances

  • Late blight foliage
    Susceptible | 5
  • Late blight tuber
    Minimum to non susceptible | 8
  • Common scab
    Susceptible | 5
  • PCN Ro 1/4
    Susceptible | 4
  • PCN Ro 2/3
    Susceptible | 4
  • PCN Pa 2 Pallida
    Resistant | 9
  • PCN Pa 3 Pallida
    Minimum susceptible | 6
  • Powdery scab
    Minimum susceptible | 7
  • Fusarium
    Minimum susceptible | 7
  • Blackleg
    Susceptible | 5
  • Black dot
    Minimum susceptible | 6
  • Spraing
    Minimum susceptible | 6
  • Leafroll
    -
  • Virus - A
    -
  • Virus - X
    Minimum susceptible | 6
  • Virus - Yn
    Minimum to non susceptible | 8
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber symptoms)
    Minimum susceptible | 7
  • Wart disease F1
    -
  • Wart disease F6
    Resistant | 10
  • Wart disease F18
    -
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