Potato Otrada

The potato variety Otrada is a medium-early table variety with a maturation period of 80 to 95 days. The plant is of medium height, semi-upright, with strong bushes and large dark-green leaves with strong wavy edges. Tubers have an oval shape with small eyes, red skin, and dense yellow flesh that does not darken when cut. The average weight of marketable tubers ranges from 80 to 140 grams, with 12–25 tubers per plant. Starch content varies between 13.8–17%, providing good flavor and low breakdown, classifying the variety as culinary type BC.

The Otrada variety is characterized by high market yield, ranging from 257 to 333 centners per hectare, with maximum yields reaching 450 centners. Tubers have a marketability of 83–90%, and storability of 95%, allowing storage of the harvest for up to 8 months without quality loss. The potato adapts well to various soil-climate conditions, making it suitable for cultivation in both farm and household plots, especially in the Volga-Vyatka region.

One of the key advantages of this variety is its resistance to several diseases. Otrada shows high resistance to potato cancer, wrinkled and striped mosaic, leaf curl virus, and is only slightly affected by golden potato cyst nematode and rot diseases. It is moderately resistant to late blight of foliage and highly resistant to tuber late blight. However, the variety is susceptible to scab. These characteristics make Otrada a reliable choice for commercial cultivation with minimal costs for plant protection.