KESTELLI – holland potato importers in Pakistan
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, pathotype Ro1 and Ro4
Growing instructions for Kastelli (table potatoes)
General remarks
The Kastelli is a variety suitable for the very traditional (Spunta) markets as table potato and much better than HZPC Holland seed potatoes varieties. The best results from trial fields have been received from Egypt, Greece, Italy, Morocco and Pakistan. It has been exclusively marketed by Hunza Seeds, Stet Holland’s representative, in Pakistan.
The results of the semi-commercial fields from Cyprus are promising. The very high yield of this seedling is remarkable. The tubers of Kastelli are big, long oval shaped. The colour of skin is yellow, the colour of flesh is light yellow. The cooking type is AB, hardly any discoloration after cooking. The dry matter content is 19.5%.
Maturity
Medium late.
Harvest
The foliage should be sufficiently ripened at the time of haulm killing. It takes quite a long time before Kastelli has a firm skin, therefore the time between haulm killing and harvesting is considerably longer than average. This variety is somewhat sensitive to internal bruising. Caution on harvesting is very important.
Storage
Because of its relatively short dormancy period, it is advisable not to store this variety at high temperatures. This will cause early germination of the potatoes.
Resistance to diseases
Resistant to Potato Cyst Nematode Ro1, 4 and susceptible to wart disease. Averagely sensitive to common scab. Quite susceptible to PVYn, however not sensitive to PVYntn in the tuber. Moderately susceptible to foliage blight and little susceptible to tuber blight.
Seed treatment
This variety has got a relatively short dormancy period. It is therefore advisable to keep the seed potatoes in the cold store upto a couple of days before planting.
Cultivation
Kastelli is moderately susceptible to common scab. Keep this in mind while choosing the type of soil. This variety is not sensitive to the herbicide Sencor.
Fertilization
This variety does not require a lot of N-fertiliser. This to enable the tuberisation to be optimal and to prevent overdevelopment of foliage, causing a delay in ripening. Kastelli needs sufficient S-fertilisation.
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