Meryem

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

  • Good drought tolerance
  • Good tuberisation
  • Good virus resistances
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Product manager Douwe Werkman about Meryem

Our product manager Douwe Werkman explains the features of Meryem. This potato variety has a nice red skin and a high yield potential which makes Meryem very popular among our customers. 

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
  • 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

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
  • Black dot
    slightly to not susceptible / 8
  • 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
    - / -

Would you like to know more about the Meryem?

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 Babylonor would like to know what Agrico can do for you with respect to varieties, please feel free to contact us.

Ilie Patu
Productmanager
Ilie Patu