‘BRS Gaia’: A red-skinned potato cultivar with high dry matter content for fresh market
ABSTRACT ‘BRS Gaia’ is a red-skinned potato cultivar with high dry matter and attractive tuber appearance. Its tubers are oval, with shallow eyes, slightly rough skin, yellow flesh and low susceptibility to post-harvest greening. The vine maturity and tuber dormancy are medium. It is moderately susceptible to late and early blight. ‘BRS Gaia’ has an intermediate level of resistance (tolerance) to bacterial wilt, which gives it a significant comparative advantage over traditional cultivars for disease management in areas infested by the bacteria Ralstonia solanacearum. It has low susceptibility to tuber deformation due to high temperature. Although the main destination is for the fresh market, ‘BRS Gaia’ can also be used by restaurants for fresh cut fries and for processing into shoestrings. 'BRS Gaia' was released in 2023 through Embrapa’s potato breeding program, developed by Embrapa Clima Temperado, in Pelotas-RS and Canoinhas-SC, and Embrapa Hortaliças, in Brasilia-DF, Brazil
Authors
- A. C. R. Krolow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4873-3716)
- Giovani Olegário da Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4587-3257)
- Valdir Lourenço (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5546-5671)
- Carlos Francisco Ragassi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3433-2567)
- Caroline Marques Castro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4605-0014)
- C. Reisser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4849-0489)
- Bernardo Ueno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0355-6907)
- M. F. Lima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4798-2841)
- Rogério Oliveira Jorge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8905-2760)
- Leonardo Ferreira Dutra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8438-8326)
- Juliana Hey Coradin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2305-0188)
- A. C. Bortoletto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2523-8168)
- Natércia LP Lima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0182-7328)
- C. A. Lopes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9383-2345)
- N. M. L. Ferri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1404-8369)
- Gustavo Heiden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0046-6500)
- A. da S. Pereira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9295-6496)
- Beatriz Marti Emygdio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5694-3372)
- A. D. F. de Carvalho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5568-4874)
- Márcia Vizzotto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8071-4980)
- E. D. Eicholz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9917-8754)
- Nelson Pires Feldberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5626-2427)
- Iriani Rodrigues Maldonade (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2283-1270)
- Lucimeire Pilon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1919-6918)
- F. Q. Azevedo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0449-3466)
- J. B. Pinheiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4321-2754)
- C. B. Gomes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3247-728X)
- L. A. S. de Castro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8595-7407)
Institutions
- Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Horticultura Brasileira
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1590/s0102-0536-2025-e289822
- Primary Topic
- Potato Plant Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00