MegaChip is a round white

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 with good

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 ...

size,Paul R. Wonning and specific gravity for making

potato chip Potato chips (North American English and Australian English; often just chip) or crisp (British English and Hiberno-English) are thin slices of potato (or a thin deposit of potato paste) that has been deep frying, deep fried, baking, baked, ...

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 the ...

, pink rot,

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

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

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