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Houma

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Houma
Pedigree: Charles Downing x Katahdin [8,9]
Breeder: Kartoffelzucht Böhm [9]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1936 [8,9]
Source
Character[8][9][11][13]
ADMINISTRATION
n/vData source891113
n/vPlant material maintained as2121
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirements2433
Country of origin230230 - 230
n/vSample status5555
n/vTest conditions2 - - 2
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
Maturity53 - 5
Foliage cover - 7 - -
n/vFlower colour - 1 - 1
Flower frequency - 6 - -
Berries - 1 - -
n/vLight sprout colour - - - 1
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
n/vTuber skin colour - 1 - 1
n/vPrimary tuber flesh colour - 1 - 1
Tuber shape22 - 2
Tuber eye depth56 - -
Tuber skin texture - 8 - -
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Yield potential - 6 - -
Tuber size - 6 - -
Tuber shape uniformity - 7 - -
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackening - 7 - -
Taste - 6 - -
Starch content43 - -
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea)4 - - -
n/vWart (Synchytrium endobioticum) - 2 - -
n/vField immunity to wart races - 1 - -
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.) - 7 - -
Resistance to late blight on tubers44 - -
Resistance to late blight on foliage44 - -
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies) - 4 - -
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato virus A97 - -
Resistance to potato virus X17 - -
Resistance to potato leaf roll virus97 - -
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1 - 3 - -
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS
Drought resistance - 7 - -


Source:
[8] Federal Research Centre of Agriculture, GERMANY 2005
[9] Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), GERMANY 2005
[11] INRA, FRANCE 2005
[13] SASA, UNITED KINGDOM 2005








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