Processing French fries

Armedi

An early maincrop processing variety suitable for the French fries industry.

  • Good tuberisation
  • Suitable for long term storage
  • Multiple potato cyst nematodes resistances
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Product manager Martin Pot about Armedi

Armedi is Agrico's new French fries variety. Our Product Manager Martin Pot tells more about its high resistances, baking quality and good storability.

 

Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity
    early maincrop / 5,5
  • Light sprout colour
    - / -
  • Flower colour
    purple / P
  • Number of berries
    average / 6
  • Foliage - initial development
    quite fast / 7
  • Foliage - final development
    good / 8
  • Foliage - firmness
    firm / 8
  • Skin colour
    yellow / Y
  • Flesh colour
    light yellow / 6
  • Skin finish
    average / 6
  • Tuber shape
    oval long / OL
  • Regularity of tuber shape
    regular / 7
  • Tuberisation
    average / 6,5
  • Tuber size
    quite large / 7,5
  • Regularity of size
    quite regular / 6,5
  • Dormancy
    average / 6,5

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Black spot (internal bruising)
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Growth cracks
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Harvest damage
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence
    very sensitive / 3
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence
    very sensitive / 3
  • Bentazon
    - / -
  • Ethylene
    5% fewer to 5% more tubers / 5
  • Underwater weight
    402
  • Dry matter content
    21,8%
  • Cooking type
    floury / C
  • Discolouration (after cooking)
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Raw discolouration
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Fries quality
    excellent / 8
  • Dry matter distribution
    average / 6,5
  • Crisping quality
    good / 7
  • TGA-level
    6,0

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll
    - / -
  • Virus - Yn
    very susceptible / 4,5
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber)
    - / -
  • Spraing
    slightly susceptible / 7,5
  • Late blight - foliage
    very susceptible / 4
  • Late blight - tuber
    slightly susceptible / 7,5
  • Fusarium
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Common scab
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Powdery scab
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Black dot
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Wart disease F1
    slightly susceptible / 9
  • Wart disease F6
    - / -
  • Wart disease F18
    - / -
  • Golden nematode Ro 1/4
    resistant / 9
  • Golden nematode Ro 2/3
    field resistant / 7
  • White nematode Pa 2
    resistant / 9
  • White nematode Pa 3
    field resistant / 8

Would you like to know more about the Armedi?

The best way to guarantee a good harvest and the best return on your investment is to start out with healthy, high-quality seed potatoes and expert advice. At Agrico, we are committed to and invest in knowledge and research. This has enabled us to cultivate a wide range of unique potato varieties that display effective resistance, strong variety characteristics and a high yield. Naturally, the seed potatoes we supply are fully certified.

If you have any specific questions about the Evolutionor would like to know what Agrico can do for you with respect to varieties, please feel free to contact us.

Olaf van Campen
Product Manager
Olaf van Campen