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STRENGTHS
• High U.S. No. 1 tuber yield
• Cold sweetening resistance
• High specific gravity
• Good culinary quality
• Moderate dormancy
DISEASE RATINGS
• PVY: tolerant
• Potato leaf roll virus: resistant
• Potato mop-top virus: resistant
• Erwinia soft rot: resistant
• Fusarium dry rot: resistant
• Early dying: moderately resistant
• Common scab: moderately resistant
• Net necrosis: moderately resistant
• Foliar and tuber late blight:
moderately resistant
46 POTATO GROWER | NOVEMBER 2018
ECHO
RUSSET
ECHO
RUSSET
W
ith help from our friends at the Northwest
Potato Variety Development Program and
Potato Variety Management Institute, we
take a look at Echo russet, a high-yielding,
long, medium- to late-season russet with cold sweetening
resistance and excellent processing qualities. It is suitable
for both the fresh and processing markets.
For a list of seed growers of Echo Russet, visit
www.pvmi.org.
