Market segment - Traditional
Traditional

Meryem

A maincrop, high yielding consumption variety with a beautiful red skin.
  • Good drought tolerance
  • Good tuberisation
  • Good virus resistances
Marketsegments
Market segment - Traditional
Traditional
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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:
    - / -

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