Potatoes
POTATO:
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Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is world’s most important crop being grown on more than 18 million hectares all around the world. All around the world especially in Pakistan the Potato demand is being shifted from fresh to processed. In Pakistan on an average 4 million tons potato (fine and coarse) is produced in major potato growing areas. More than 2 lac tons is processed by 2,3 leading companies including PepsiCo (fritolays), United Snacks (Kashmir Banaspati), Candyland and Kurleez.
Districts of Okara (GM FARMS OKARA DISTRICT), Sahiwal, Kasur, Sialkot, Sheikhupura,Jhang, Lahore, Narowal, Pakpattan, Gujranwala, T.T. Singh and Khanewal from the Punjab, Nowshera, Dir and Mansehra from the NWFP and Pishin, Killa Saifulla and Kalat from Balochistan are important potato growing districts, accounting among themselves for 78 percent of the total production of the crop.
After wheat, maize and rice it is most important crop. The potato is the world’s most important root and tuber crop worldwide with a potential of earning a significant amount for foreign exchange. Potato is symbol of survival for thousands of people. Often it is said if there are no potatoes world has to face food insecurity. Potato got very popular among developing countries due to its easy cultivation, nutritive value, yield and easy handling. Developing countries are now the world’s biggest producers and
importers of potatoes and potato products. Potato is used as human food (directly or fresh use as food, snacks or processed potato, starches) and animal feed. After meeting the domestic consumption and procurement of seed for the next growing season. Potato has been an important food crop for growers and consumers not only in Pakistan but all over the globe. It is a crop that can generate high production and more income with more nourishing value.
In Pakistan potato cultivation is categorized in three growing seasons as spring, summer and autumn crop with different geographical locations. In spring season it is grown in plains and lower hills of Balochistan and KPK province in January February with harvesting in April-May. Summer crop is sown in northern hilly areas and Azad Jammu and Kashmir in March May with harvesting in August-September. Autumn sowing is done in plains and southern Punjab, Sindh and plains of Balochistan in September October and harvesting is done January-February.
Surplus potato produced locally is exported to Russia, UAE, Malaysia, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia etc. Starch from potato tubers is extensively used in paper, wood, textile and pharmaceutical industry where it is used as binder, texture, adhesive and filler agent. Oil drilling firms make use of potato starch for washing the boreholes. Tubers may contain toxic alkaloids as solanine and chaconine. Formation of solanine in tubers is indicated by greenish discoloration with sprouts on potato skin
TYPES OF POTATO:
Asterix:
Cross: Rosara x RZ 97-6139
Table Potatoes: With cooking type AB, including dry matter content of 18.3%, Camel is a mid early variety for the fresh market. This table potato tubers are oval shaped with dark yellow flesh and a dark red skin. This dutch potato variety is available in Pakistan to be imported from the Netherlands.
- Dutch Potato For French Fries in Pakistan :
- Cross: Symfonia x
- Amorosa: Freshmarket, French fries
- Medium early ripening variety
- High yield!
- Big longoval tubers
- Colour of skin: deep red Colour of flesh: yellow
- Remarkable smooth and bright skin
- Dry matter content: 19.3%
- Cooking type AB, practically no discoloration after cooking
- Resistant to potato cyst nematodes Ro1 and Ro4
- Fairly strong against common scab
- Melanto is for top yields. Better than HZPC Potato Varieties:
- Melanto = Cross: Impala x POS 97-1
- Fresh market
- Medium early ripening variety
- Very high yield!
- Big oval/longoval tubers
- Colour of skinand flesh: yellow
- Dry matter content: 17.3%
- Cooking type AB, practically no discoloration after cooking
- Resistant to potato cyst nematodes Ro1 and Ro4
- Long dormancy period
- Triplo potato is for organic production and better than HZPC:
- Triplo: Cross: Agria x Fresco
- Fresh market, French fries
Medium early ripening variety - Big oval tubers
- Colour of skin: yellow, colour of flesh: light yellow
- Dry matter content: 20.2%
- Cooking type AB
- Resistant to potato cyst nematodes, pathotype Ro1 and Ro4
- Immune to wart disease, race 1
- Long dormancy period Little susceptible to leaf blight, fairly resistant to tuber blight
- Also suitable for organic production
- Dirosso – Early red:
- Cross: RZ 93-9810 x Amorosa
- Fresh market
- Early ripening variety
- High yield!
- longoval tubers
- Colour of skin: deep red. Colour of flesh: yellow
- Remarkable smooth and bright skin
- Dry matter content: 17.1%
- Cooking type AB, practically no discoloration after cooking
- Resistant to potato cyst nematodes Ro1 and Pa2
- Fairly
strong against common scab
Kastelli is Better than Spunta and HZPC Potato:
- Cross: Mondial x Felsina= Kastelli Fresh market
- Maturity: medium early ripening variety
- Very High yield! Big longoval tubers
- Colour of skin: yellow, colour of flesh: light yellow
Dry matter content: 19.5% - Cooking type AB
- Resistant to potato cyst nematodes, patho type Ro1 and Ro4
- Asterix potato: Asterix is a high yielding late main crop variety of long oval uniform red tubers with yellow flesh, with high dry matters and pale fry colours well suited to production of French fries and processed products.
Santa / Sante potato:
Fresh Sante potatoes with skin are a good source of many vitamins and minerals, such as potassium and vitamin C. Santa is known for its long shelf-life. It is round shaped and is usually preferred by customers based in Russia, Ukraine and other destinations.
Kuroda Potato:
- An early maincrop, ware variety with a red skin, excellent heat tolerance and a very good yield.
- General Purpose.
- Large tubers.
- Good storability. Multiple Wart Disease resistances.
MOZIKA POTATO:
Mozika Potatoes have highest consumer potential and is the vegetable which is not in any sense any less nutritious or delicious. It has a huge amount of admirers present in every age group.
Lady Rosetta Potato:
Lady Rosetta is a specialist crisping variety, with high dry matters and low reducing sugars. It has early crop maturity and is suitable to quality crisp production either fresh or from short term storage. Moderate to high yields of uniform, round tubers with low outgrades, with good all-round disease resistance.
