Potato variety Coronada is an early-maturing table variety with a vegetation period of about 70-90 days. Plants are of medium height, semi-erect with leaf type. Tubers are elongated-oval, uniform, with small surface eyes, skin and flesh are yellow. The mass of one marketable tuber varies from 100 to 175 grams, with individual specimens reaching up to 250 grams. Starch content is about 15%, providing medium-cooking flesh texture that retains a pleasant creamy color upon thermal processing.
The variety is characterized by high market yield, reaching 206-256 centners per hectare, significantly exceeding the performance of standard varieties Bellarosa and Gulliver. Maximum yield may reach 293 centners per hectare. Tubers' marketability is high — around 77-88%, and storability reaches 94-95%, allowing long-term storage without quality loss. Root system is well developed, yielding 10-14 uniform tubers per plant. The variety is suitable for mechanized harvesting and transportation.
Coronada exhibits resistance to a number of diseases, including potato cancer pathogen, golden potato cyst nematode, rizoctonia, leaf curling, and crinkly mosaic. Taste qualities of the potato are excellent, it is versatile in culinary use and especially suitable for frying, baking, stuffing, as well as for soups and salads. Due to its characteristics and disease resistance, Coronada variety is considered promising and in demand for cultivation in the Central Chernozem region.
