University of Florida Potato Variety Trials Spotlight: ‘Yukon Gold’

‘Yukon Gold’ is a fresh market potato variety selected from the progeny of a cross between W5279-4 and ‘Norgleam’ and tested under the pedigree G6666-4Y. It was released jointly by Agriculture Canada and Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph, Canada in 1981. In Florida, ‘Yukon Gold’ de...

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Main Authors: Mario H.M.L. Andrade, Rodrick Z. Mwatuwa, Christian T. Christensen, Pam Solano, Lincoln Zotarelli
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Language:English
Published: The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries 2021-02-01
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Online Access:https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/127889
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author Mario H.M.L. Andrade
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Christian T. Christensen
Pam Solano
Lincoln Zotarelli
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description ‘Yukon Gold’ is a fresh market potato variety selected from the progeny of a cross between W5279-4 and ‘Norgleam’ and tested under the pedigree G6666-4Y. It was released jointly by Agriculture Canada and Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph, Canada in 1981. In Florida, ‘Yukon Gold’ demonstrates high yield and good tuber characteristics compared to the commercial standard ‘La Chipper’. Tuber production and quality results provided in this publication are from Florida Potato Variety Trials conducted at the UF/IFAS Hastings Agricultural Extension Center between 1999 and 2019.
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spelling doaj.art-23a4a121e40845319099f5730c228a992024-10-30T04:40:50ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092021-02-0120211University of Florida Potato Variety Trials Spotlight: ‘Yukon Gold’Mario H.M.L. Andrade0Rodrick Z. Mwatuwa1Christian T. Christensen2Pam Solano3Lincoln Zotarelli4University of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of Florida ‘Yukon Gold’ is a fresh market potato variety selected from the progeny of a cross between W5279-4 and ‘Norgleam’ and tested under the pedigree G6666-4Y. It was released jointly by Agriculture Canada and Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph, Canada in 1981. In Florida, ‘Yukon Gold’ demonstrates high yield and good tuber characteristics compared to the commercial standard ‘La Chipper’. Tuber production and quality results provided in this publication are from Florida Potato Variety Trials conducted at the UF/IFAS Hastings Agricultural Extension Center between 1999 and 2019. https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/127889Solanum tuberosumvarietypotato breedingtable stock potato
spellingShingle Mario H.M.L. Andrade
Rodrick Z. Mwatuwa
Christian T. Christensen
Pam Solano
Lincoln Zotarelli
University of Florida Potato Variety Trials Spotlight: ‘Yukon Gold’
EDIS
Solanum tuberosum
variety
potato breeding
table stock potato
title University of Florida Potato Variety Trials Spotlight: ‘Yukon Gold’
title_full University of Florida Potato Variety Trials Spotlight: ‘Yukon Gold’
title_fullStr University of Florida Potato Variety Trials Spotlight: ‘Yukon Gold’
title_full_unstemmed University of Florida Potato Variety Trials Spotlight: ‘Yukon Gold’
title_short University of Florida Potato Variety Trials Spotlight: ‘Yukon Gold’
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topic Solanum tuberosum
variety
potato breeding
table stock potato
url https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/127889
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