Abstract Irish potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is an important crop in Zimbabwe due to its nutritional and economic worth. The upgrading of its status to a strategic food crop by the government in 2012 has created the need for research to increase production, increase germplasm and diversify staple food crops. 115%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman","serif";mso-ansi-language:en-us"="">A study to investigate the yield potential of new Irish potato varieties was carried out at the Scientific ...