EXCELLENS

Potato Excelens — a medium-early Dutch table variety, characterized by high market yield and excellent consumer qualities. The plant is of medium height, intermediate type, semi-upright with large green leaves. Tubers are elongated-oval, with small or moderately deep eyes, yellow skin and flesh. The weight of one marketable tuber ranges from 96 to 120 grams, and the number of tubers per plant varies from 8 to 13. Starch content is 12.4–15.4%, ensuring good taste and versatility in cooking.

The maturation period of the variety is 65–80 days, allowing for early harvest. Yield of Excelens potato ranges from 174 to 455 centners per hectare, with maximum yields reaching 515 centners per hectare. Marketability of tubers is high — from 88 to 97%, and storability reaches 95%, ensuring long-term storage without quality loss. The culinary type BC makes this variety suitable for frying, boiling, and baking.

The variety exhibits resistance to several diseases, including potato cyst nematode, golden potato cyst nematode, and potato mosaic virus. It is moderately susceptible to late blight on both foliage and tubers. The breeder is Agrico U.A. from the Netherlands. Potato Excelens is recommended for cultivation in various regions, including Northwestern, Central, Central Chernozem, and Ural.