MegaChip is a round white

potato The potato is a starchy food, a tuber of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'' and is a root vegetable native to the Americas. The plant is a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern Unit ...

variety with good

tuber Tubers are a type of enlarged structure used as storage organs for nutrients in some plants. They are used for the plant's perennation (survival of the winter or dry months), to provide energy and nutrients for regrowth during the next growin ...

size,Paul R. Wonning and specific gravity for making

potato chip A potato chip (North American English; often just chip) or crisp (British and Irish English) is a thin slice of potato that has been either deep fried, baked, or air fried until crunchy. They are commonly served as a snack, side dish, or ap ...

s. It was developed at Rhinelander Agricultural Research Station in Wisconsin and it was result of a cross between 'Wischip' and 'FYF85' after many years of selection and breeding.Groza, H. I. "Megachip: A new potato variety for chipping". ''American Potato Journal'' 84: 343-349 The cross resulting in Megachip was made in 1985. It produces high quality chips that have an excellent color both from the field and after storage at 7.2 to 10 degrees C.

Botanical features

* Medium-late variety for chipping * Round-oval tubers with medium to large size * Flesh is white and have a high specific gravity, and medium-long dormancy * Leaves are dark green * Has four to seven inflorescences per plant * 12 florets per inflorescence, and medium peduncle length

Agricultural feature

* High level of resistance to common scab * Moderately resistant to foliar early blight,

powdery scab Powdery scab is a disease of potato tubers. It is caused by the cercozoan ''Spongospora subterranea'' f. sp. ''subterranea'' and is widespread in potato growing countries. Symptoms of powdery scab include small lesions in the early stages of th ...

, pink rot,

dry rot Dry rot is wood decay caused by one of several species of fungi that digest parts of the wood which give the wood strength and stiffness. It was previously used to describe any decay of cured wood in ships and buildings by a fungus which resul ...

, and soft rot * Fairly resistant to shatter bruise * Yields are stable from year to year

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