Maya is an excellent early-maturing potato variety, suitable for both fresh market and processing purposes, offering good cooking qualities and strong resistance to nematodes. It's also a healthy option with its low glycoalkaloid content.
Key Features
- Category: Fresh Market and Processing
- Usage: Consumption, Packing, and Washing
- Maturity: Very Early (Suitable for early-season harvesting)
- Yield: Medium yield
- Foliage: Nice, low, and covering foliage
- Tuber Size: Medium tubers
- Tuber Shape: Round
- Number of Tubers: 15-20 tubers per plant
- Skin Color: Yellow, very smooth
- Flesh Color: Yellow
- Cooking Type: AB (Suitable for boiling, steaming, and general culinary uses)
- Dry Matter Content: Medium
- Dormancy Period: Medium to long (Good for storage)
Resistances:
- Nematodes: Resistance to Ro1
- Wart Disease: Susceptible
- Foliage Blight: Medium resistance
- Tuber Blight: Medium resistance
- Common Scab: Medium resistance