Lamoka Potato Fact Sheet
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Parentage – NY120 X NY1151,2,3,4,5
Breeder – Cross was made by Dr. Walter De Jong at Cornell University in 19981,2; officially released by the New York Agricultural Experiment Station in 2011; named after Lamoka Lake in western New York State1
Maturity – Medium-late season1,2,4,5
Usage – Primarily grown for chipping1
Plant – Semi-upright, large vigorous vines; pale green foliage1,3,4
Leaves – Medium size, light to medium green, ovate with acuminate tips, medium depth veins1,3; three to four primary leaflets pairs along with two-three pairs of secondary and tertiary leaflets1
Flowers – Abundant, medium size, pentagonal shape, violet color with distinctive white tips1,2,3,5; yellow-orange anthers and yellow-green stigma; high berry and pollen production1
Tubers – Round, medium size with slight to moderately textured brown skin1,2; white flesh; evenly distributed shallow to medium depth eyes with no eyebrows; high specific gravity1,3,4
Strengths – Tubers store well and chip color out of storage is excellent; high yields; resistant to common scab and golden nematode race Ro1; few tuber external defects1,2,4,5; visual potato virus Y symptoms1
Weaknesses – Susceptible to internal tuber defects1,2,4; moderately susceptible to early blight, late blight, powdery scab, potato virus X and Y1; moderately sensitive to metribuzin herbicides4
References: 1De Jong, W. S. et al. 2017. Lamoka, a Variety with Excellent Chip Color Out of Cold Storage and Resistance to the Golden Cyst Nematode. American Journal of Potato Research 94:148-152. 2http://www.potatoassociation.org/industry/varieties/white-varieties/lamoka 3http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/pbrpov/cropreport/pot/app00006832e.shtml 4https://spudman.com/article/cultivar-corner-lamoka/ 5https://potatoes.ncsu.edu/NE1014reports/Lamoka.pdf
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Last Revised: 4/30/19
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