BEZENCHUKSKY

The potato variety Bezenchuksky is a mid-season table variety with a maturation period of 80 to 95 days. Tubers have an oval-round shape with deep eyes, red skin, and light-yellow flesh. The weight of marketable tubers ranges from 125 to 243 grams, with 4 to 9 tubers per plant. Starch content is 15.2–17.9%, ensuring excellent taste and versatility in cooking. Suitable for baking, boiling, and making mashed potatoes, it belongs to the culinary type CD.

The plant is of medium height, intermediate type with semi-erect form. Leaves are medium-sized, dark green, and the flower corolla has intense anthocyanin coloring on the inner side. Yield is high, ranging from 156 to 238 centners per hectare, which is 22–92 centners higher than the standard Aurora, with maximum yield reaching 323 centners per hectare. Tubers’ marketability reaches 88–96%, and storability is 93%, indicating good storage performance.

The variety is resistant to potato late blight (pathotype I), crinkly leaf mosaic, and leaf curling, enhancing its reliability in cultivation. However, it is susceptible to golden potato cyst nematode. The Bezenchuksky potato was developed and recommended by the Federal State Budgetary Research Institution 'VNIIS of Potato Growing named after A.G. Lorkh' and the Federal State Budgetary Research Institute 'Samara NIIIS', confirming its adaptation to cultivation conditions in the Volga region.