Armedi has resistance to pallida and G. rostochiensis and it has a fantastic frying quality until the end of the season. Armedi is not only suitable for the French fries industry, but because of its beautiful skin, it can also be sold washed and pre-packed.
Plant and tuber characteristics
- Maturity: early maincrop / 5,5
- Light sprout colour: -
- Flower colour: purple
- Number of berries: average / 6
- Foliage:- initial development: quite fast / 7
- Foliage: - final development: good / 8
- Foliage: - selectability: average / 6,5
- Foliage: - plant firmness: firm / 8
- Flesh colour: light yellow / 6
- Skin colour: yellow
- Skin finish: average / 6
- Tuber size: quite large / 7,5
- Tuber shape: oval long
- Regularity of tuber shape: regular / 7
- Tuberisation: average / 6,5
- Regularity size: quite regular / 6,5
Sensitivity and quality
- Dormancy: average / 6,5
- Metribuzin: very sensitive / 4
- Bentazon: - / -
- Ethylene: - / -
- Secondary growth: quite sensitive / 6
- Growth cracks: slightly sensitive / 7
- Black spot (internal bruising): sensitive / 5,5
- Harvest damage: quite sensitive / 6
- Underwater weight: 402
- Dry matter content: 21,8%
- Dry matter distribution: average / 6,5
- TGA - level: 3,3
- Crisping quality: good / 7
- Fries quality: excellent / 8
- Cooking type: floury / C
- Raw discolouration: quite sensitive / 6,5
- Discolouration after cooking: slightly sensitive / 7
Resistances
- 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
- Late blight-foliage: very susceptible / 4
- Late blight-tuber: slightly susceptible / 7,5
- Common scab: susceptible / 5,5
- Powdery scab: - / -
- Fusarium: slightly susceptible / 6
- Erwinia: - / -
- Black dot: - / -
- Spraing: slightly susceptible / 7,5
- Virus - Leaf Roll: - / -
- Virus - A: - / -
- Virus - X: - / -
- Virus - Yn: very susceptible / 4,5
- Virus - Yntn: - / -
- Wart disease F1: resistant* / 10*
- Wart disease F6: - / -
- Wart disease F18: - / -
