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The potato is a sustainable choice. It has a very small Carbon footprint, compared to rice or wheat. And it gets even smaller now. HZPC presents you Even Greener - a selection of extra sustainable varieties with a lower impact.

The Austin potato variety, available through Rockyview Elite Tuber in Canada, is primarily cultivated for the production of seed potatoes. Rockyview Elite Tuber specializes in offering high-quality seed varieties suited for Canadian and North American climates, ensuring that these potatoes are certified and meet industry standards for disease resistance and yield potential.

FC5 potato variety is known for its lower moisture content, making it ideal for snack production, particularly potato chips.

The AC Vigor potato variety, offered by Rockyview Elite Tuber is known for its adaptability and strong yield. Developed in Canada, AC Vigor is valued for its resilience and disease resistance, making it a popular choice among Canadian growers.

Frozen French fries are the most popular processed potato product throughout the world. India lacks a suitable potato variety for French fry production.

BMC is a potato variety introduced in 2017, producing round tubers with yellow skin and white flesh. It has medium eye depth and grows vigorously with dark green foliage.

Lady Jane is a highly resistant to stress and easy to cultivate, making it an ideal choice for French fry producers. The special feature of Lady Jane is its high dry matter content and excellent color after cooking throughout the entire storage period.

The Alanis potato variety is among the certified seed potato options offered by Rockyview Elite Tuber, a company based in Alberta, Canada. Known for its quality seed production, Rockyview specializes in E1 and E2 seed potatoes and works with leading European and Canadian breeders.

Kufri Lavkar is an early maturing variety (matures in 70 days in plateau and 100 days in the plains) with round white and light creamy firm flesh tubers.

Aromata is versatile, resistant to AM and wart disease, and does not germinate quickly in storage. The Aromata is, therefore, suitable for the international table market, the peeled market, and seed potato cultivation.

The Santana potato has a light-yellow skin colour and crème colour of flesh. It a medium early ripening variety with High Yield. It has Big long oval tubers and It is extremely competent for processing due to the colour structure it takes when cooked.

Lady Rosetta is a small to medium-sized round potato with dry matter content around 22–24%. It is perfect for chips/crisps, offering a uniform shape and excellent frying color. Its stable storage capability and low sugar levels make it highly reliable for year-round crisp production in both domestic and export markets.

The Eldena potato variety is a medium-early processing type specifically bred for the production of flakes and granules. While details about its origin and release are not widely available, Eldena is recognized for its high yields and stable processing qualities under both fresh market and storage conditions.

Vermont is a very early-maturing starch potato variety developed in the Netherlands for high early starch yields and efficient processing. It produces large, round, light yellow tubers with firm texture and a starch content of about 20%. The variety shows rapid emergence, early tuber formation, and strong foliage cover, making it ideal for early harvesting.

Potato Memphis is a new promising crop variety. It is characterized by good yield and drought resistance, which greatly simplifies care.

Colomba is high-yielding, easy to grow, to store, and can be the star in several kinds of tasteful dishes. The variety is also known to be grown as a low-calory variety to meet consumer needs.

Ikarus is a medium-late maturing potato variety known for its long-oval, yellow-skinned tubers with light yellow flesh. It has a high dry matter content, making it suitable for French fries and chips. The variety is high yielding, produces large, uniform tubers, and is well adapted to different soils without requiring irrigation.

Verdi is a medium early crisps variety. It also can be used for the production of starch and dehydrated potatoes. The quality of the crisps is excellent even after long term storage. Resistant against PCN Ro1, 4 and potato wart disease 1, late blight and blackleg.