Market segment - Traditional Traditional

Meryem

A maincrop, high yielding consumption variety with a beautiful red skin.

  • Good drought tolerance
  • Good tuberisation
  • Good virus resistances
Meryem nestje met doorsnee
Websitefoto's HR Meryem SNG CL©Agrico21
Agrico Aardappelveld

Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity
    maincrop / 5
  • Light sprout colour
    red violet / RV
  • Flower colour
    light purple / LP
  • Number of berries
    below average / 6,5
  • Foliage - initial development
    fast / 8
  • Foliage - final development
    good / 8
  • Foliage - firmness
    quite firm / 7,5
  • Foliage - selectability
    quite easy / 7
  • Skin colour
    red / R
  • Flesh colour
    light yellow / 6,5
  • Skin finish
    above average / 6,5
  • Tuber shape
    long oval / LO
  • Regularity of tuber shape
    quite regular / 6,5
  • Tuberisation
    quite high / 7
  • Tuber size
    quite large / 7,5
  • Regularity of size
    quite regular / 6,5
  • Dormancy
    short / 4

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Black spot (internal bruising)
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Growth cracks
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Harvest damage
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Bentazon
    - / -
  • Ethylene
    5% to 15% more tubers / 6
  • Underwater weight
    349
  • Dry matter content
    19,2%
  • Cooking type
    rather floury / B
  • Discolouration after cooking
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Raw discolouration
    - / -
  • Fries quality
    below average / 5,5
  • Dry matter distribution
    - / -
  • Crisping quality
    unsuitable / 4
  • TGA-level
    3,3
  • Carvone oil
    5% fewer tubers / 4
  • Dormancy
    short / 4

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll
    - / -
  • Virus - Yn
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber)
    slightly susceptible / 7,5
  • Spraing
    slightly to not susceptible / 9
  • Late blight - foliage
    very susceptible / 4,5
  • Late blight - tuber
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Fusarium
    susceptible / 5
  • Common scab
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Powdery scab
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Virus - A
    - / -
  • Virus - X
    - / -
  • Black dot
    slightly to not susceptible / 8
  • Erwinia
    - / -
  • Wart disease F1
    resistant / 10
  • Wart disease F6
    slightly susceptible / 9
  • Wart disease F18
    - / -
  • Golden nematode Ro 1/4
    - / -
  • Golden nematode Ro 2/3
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 2
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 3
    - / -

Want more information about Meryem?

Zoltán Gárdonyi
{function title}
Zoltán Gárdonyi