McDonalds greenlights new potato variety for Pacific Northwest growers
Clearwater Russet is a cross of the Bannock Russet and A89152-4, and was developed by the Tri-State Research and Breeding program. The Potato Variety Management Institute (PVMI) is the exclusive license holder and administers the commercial production of seed through license royalty payments for the Tri-State program.
The cultivar’s prominent characteristics include high yields, low reducing sugars, uniform fry color and cold sweetening resistance, lower acrylamide forming potential and good processing quality out of storage.
Stark and Pavek believe that the combination of the longer growing seasons in the Columbia Basin and southwest and south-central Idaho, combined with the close proximity to fry processing plants, could make them the primary production areas for Clearwater Russet.
source: spudman.com
