School of Agriculture and Land Resources Management, Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Abstract
A yield trial comparing 45 cultivars of potatoes
(Solanum tuberosum L.) was conducted during the
1997 growing season at the University of Alaska
Fairbanks, Agricultural and Forestry Experiment
Station’s (AFES) Palmer Research Center,
Matanuska Farm, located six miles west of
Palmer, Alaska. Varieties with a history of commercial
production in the Matanuska Valley
(Alaska 114, Bake-King, Green Mountain, and
Superior) were included to serve as a comparative
base for newly developed varieties or older named
varieties that have not been tested at this location.
Russet Burbank, the variety most widely grown in
the United States, also was included to broaden
the base of comparison although past trials have
demonstrated its unsuitability for this area.
Varieties that compare favorably with the above
listed local standards may warrant consideration
by commercial growers. Nonirrigated trials have
been conducted annually since 1982 whereas
irrigated trials were initiated in 1985. Results of
these trials were published in AFES Circulars and
are available at AFES offices
