The European Cultivated Potato Database

 
 

Charles Downing

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Charles Downing
Pedigree:
Breeder: 47 [9]
Breeder's rights:
Synonyms:(1) Earliest of All [9,11]
National list: 1887 [9,20]
Source
Character[9][11][20]
ADMINISTRATION
n/vData source91120
n/vPlant material maintained as422
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirements132
Country of origin230 - 230
n/vSample status555
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
Maturity7 - -
Foliage cover7 - -
n/vFlower colour1 - -
Flower frequency3 - -
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
n/vTuber skin colour1 - -
n/vPrimary tuber flesh colour1 - -
Tuber shape2 - -
Tuber eye depth5 - -
Tuber skin texture5 - -
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Yield potential6 - -
Tuber shape uniformity4 - -
Resistance to external damage6 - -
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to bacterial soft rot (Erwinia spp.)7 - -
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato virus X3 - -


Source:
[9] Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), GERMANY 2005
[11] INRA, FRANCE 2005
[20] Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, POLAND 2005








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