Alturas is a russet

potato The potato () is a starchy tuberous vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potatoes are underground stem tubers of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'', a perennial in the nightshade famil ...

variety released in 2002 by the USDA-ARS and the

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s of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington and it is under plant variety protection.R. G. Novy, R.G.; Corsini, D. L.; Love, S. L.; Pavek, J.J.; Mosley, A. R.; James, S.R.; Hane, D.C.; Shock, C. C.; Rykbost, K. A.; Brown, C.R.; Thornton, R.E. (2003) “Alturas: A Multi-Purpose, Russet Potato Cultivar with High Yield and Tuber Specific Gravity.” “American Journal of Potato Research” 80:295–301 It is a processing potato that has cold-sweetening resistance, so it can be processed directly out of storage into

French fries French fries, or simply fries, also known as chips, and finger chips (Indian English), are '' batonnet'' or '' julienne''-cut deep-fried potatoes of disputed origin. They are prepared by cutting potatoes into even strips, drying them, and f ...

and other frozen potato products.

Botanical features

Tuber Tubers are a type of enlarged structure that plants use as storage organs for nutrients, derived from stems or roots. Tubers help plants perennate (survive winter or dry months), provide energy and nutrients, and are a means of asexual reproduc ...

s are lightly russeted with brown skin * Tubers are oval to oblong * Tuber sprouts are green * Flesh is white and has a shallow eyes * Has a large, open

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and is a late-maturing variety * Plant stems are green with some

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pigmentation * Has white flowers and yellow

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s * Range of one to eight inflorescences per plant

Agricultural features

* Higher yields and higher

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than

Russet Burbank Russet Burbank is a potato cultivar with dark brown skin and few eyes that is the most widely grown potato in North America. A russet type, its flesh is white, dry, and mealy, and it is good for baking, mashing, and french fries (chips). It is ...

* Resistant to Verticiliium wilt and early blight * Superior to the more common Russet Burbank in that it is more resistant to Corky ringspot, late blight, tuber net necrosis (caused by Potato leafroll virus),

Fusarium ''Fusarium'' (; ) is a large genus of filamentous fungi, part of a group often referred to as hyphomycetes, widely distributed in soil and associated with plants. Most species are harmless saprobes, and are relatively abundant members of the s ...

dry rot, and

common scab Common scab is a plant disease of root and tuber crops caused by a small number of ''Streptomyces'' species, specifically ''Streptomyces scabies, S. scabies'', ''Streptomyces acidiscabies, S. acidiscabies'', ''Streptomyces turgidiscabie ...

* Susceptible to Potato virus X,

Potato virus Y Potato virus Y (PVY) is a plant pathogenic virus of the family ''Potyviridae'', and one of the most important plant viruses affecting potato production. PVY infection of potato plants results in a variety of symptoms depending on the viral str ...

, bacterial soft rot, root-knot nematode, and bacterial ring rot

References

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