The Atlantic potato is a mid-season

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 for

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 ...

manufacturing. It was developed and released by USDA Agricultural Research Service scientists at Beltsville, Maryland, in 1978. The variety is not under plant variety protection. Webb, R.E.; Wilson, D.R.; Shumaker, J.R.; Graves, B.; Henninger, M.R.; Watts, J.; Frank, J.A.; Murphy, H.J. (1978) "Atlantic: a new potato variety with high solids, good processing quality, and resistance to pests." "American Potato Journal" 55: 141-145 It is a progeny of a cross between 'Wauseon' and ' Lenape'. It is widely grown for chipping directly off the field or with short-term storage. Marketable yields are fairly high.

Botanical features

* Plants are moderately large and have thick, upright stems with slightly swollen nodes. * Leaves are bright medium green and have prominent wings. The primary leaflets are large and asymmetrical with numerous secondary and tertiary leaflets. * Flowers are abundant and are white with a light violet corolla. Pollen is also abundant and is produced on orange anthers. * Tubers (potatoes) are oval to round with moderate to shallow eyes. * Tuber skin is brown and light to heavily netted. * Flesh is white and has a high specific gravity.

Agricultural features

* It has moderate to high yields and is widely adapted, and used for potato chips. * It is highly resistant to race A of golden nematodes,

potato virus X Potato virus X (PVX) is a plant pathogenic virus of the family ''Alphaflexiviridae'' and the order '' Tymovirales''. PVX is found mainly in potatoes and is only transmitted mechanically. There are no insect or fungal vectors for this virus. This ...

, and tuber net necrosis, which is caused by

potato leafroll virus Potato leafroll virus (PLRV) is a member of the genus '' Polerovirus'' and family ''Solemoviridae''. The phloem limited positive sense RNA virus infects potatoes and other members of the family Solanaceae. PLRV was first described by Quanjer ' ...

. * It is resistant to pinkeye and tolerant to

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

and ''

Verticillium ''Verticillium'' is a genus of fungi in the division Ascomycota, and are an anamorphic form of the family Plectosphaerellaceae. The genus used to include diverse groups comprising saprobes and parasites of higher plants, insects, nematodes, mo ...

'' wilt. * It is susceptible to

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 ...

. Hollow heart and heat necrosis can also be a serious problem potatoes.

References

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