Ranger Russet

Botanical Features

• The Ranger Russet plant is medium to tall in height and semi-erect with single, wavy, very prominent wings.
• The stems are slightly pigmented and the non-pigmented nodes are slightly swollen.
• The open, medium green leaves have weakly pigmented midribs.
• Primary leaflets appear in four pairs with a narrowly ovate shape, an acuminate tip, an obtuse and symmetrical base and weakly wavy margins. Terminal leaflets also appear in four pairs with a narrowly ovate shape and an acuminate tip but the base is obtuse and asymmetrical.
• Sprouts are broad with a cylindrical shape; the base is medium red-violet and strongly pubescent while the apex is weakly pigmented and moderately pubescent.
• There are numerous flowers that have a medium red-violet corolla and a lemon yellow anther. The flower buds are strongly pigmented.
• Tubers are long with a slightly flattened shape.
• The brown russet skin has evenly distributed medium deep eyes with slightly prominent eyes.
• The flesh is white.
• Tubers have high specific gravity.

  Agricultural Features

• This variety has a high resistance to heat necrosis, hollow heart, Verticillium wilt, PVY, and PVX.
• It has moderate resistance to early blight, common scab, leafroll, and Fusarium dry rot.
• It is moderately susceptible to growth cracks.
• Ranger Russet is very susceptible to late blight and root-knot nematode.

  Storage