The Armada potato is an early-ripening, high-yielding variety with good adaptability to various growing conditions. It has a mild yellow flesh with excellent cooking properties, making it suitable for multiple culinary uses. While it is sensitive to some diseases and has a short dormancy period, its early harvest time and versatility make it a valuable choice for farmers and consumers alike.
The advantages of Armada potatoes include:
- Good taste
- Transportability
- Storage duration
- Low content of starchy substances
- Resistance to late blight; Resistant to potato crayfish; Aurora nematode resistance
Tuber Characteristics:
- Shape: Long-oval.
- Skin: Smooth, light yellow, slightly darker than the pulp.
- Flesh: Pale yellow.
- Eyes: Shallow, evenly distributed.
Disease Resistance:
- Fairly Susceptible: Leaf blight.
- Susceptible: Tuber blight, nematodes (RO 1-4).
- Fairly Insensitive: Common scab.
- Slightly Susceptible: Leaf roll virus, internal defects like rust spots and hollow heart.
- Fairly Susceptible: Black spots.
