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CULTIVAR CORNER
Huron Chipper (MSW485-2)
OVERVIEW
Parentage: MSQ070-1 x MSR156-7
Developers: Michigan State University and the MSU
AgBioResearch (potatobg.css.msu.edu)
Plant Variety Protection: To Be Applied For.
Strengths: MSW485 is a chip-processing potato with
resistance to and late blight (Phytophthora infestans)
and stronger tolerance to common scab (Streptomyces
scabies) than Atlantic.This variety has high yield and
good specific gravity, with attractive, uniformly round
tubers. MSW485-2 has a strong vine and a mid-season
maturity, and has demonstrated excellent longterm
storage chip-processing quality. MSW485-2 has
performed well in multiple locations in the Potatoes
USA National Chip Processing Trials (NCPT) and national
SFA (SNaC) trials.
Incentives for production: Excellent chip-processing
quality out of the field and long-term chip quality with
resistance to late blight and common scab and a good
size profile of uniform, round tubers.
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MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Plant: Medium height vine, semi-erect with a balance
between stems and foliage visible, and flowers.
Tubers: Uniform, smooth, round tubers with lightly
netted, tan colored skin. Tubers have a white flesh with a
low incidence of internal defects.
AGRONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
Vine Maturity: Mid-season maturity.
Tubers: Smooth, round tubers with lightly netted, tan
colored skin and white flesh.
Yield: Above average yield under irrigated conditions, with
uniform tubers.
Specific Gravity: Averages similar to above Atlantic and
Snowden.
Culinary Quality: Chip processes from short to long-term
storage.
Diseases: Resistant to late blight (Phytophthora infestans)
and tolerant to common scab (Streptomyces scabies).

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