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Kerrs Pink

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Kerrs Pink
Pedigree: Fortyfold x Smiths Early [5,9,13,20]
Breeder: J.Henry, Banff, Scotland [5,13]
Saatzuchtwirtschaft Firlbeck KG [9]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1907 [20]
1917 [9]
1966 [13]
Source
Character[5][7][9][11][13][20][25]
ADMINISTRATION
n/vData source5791113 - -
n/vData source - - - - - 20 -
n/vPlant material maintained as1 - 1244 -
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirements41431 - -
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirements - - - - - 2 -
Country of origin228 - 228 - 228228 -
n/vSample status55555 - -
n/vSample status - - - - - 5 -
n/vTest conditions - - - - 2 - -
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
Maturity - - 2 - 1 - -
Growth habit - - - - 4 - -
Foliage cover - - 6 - 3 - -
n/vFlower colour - - 1 - 1 - -
Flower frequency - - 3 - 8 - -
Berries - - 2 - 1 - -
n/vLight sprout colour - - - - 1 - -
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
n/vTuber skin colour - - 2 - 2 - -
n/vTuber eye colour - - - - 2 - -
n/vPrimary tuber flesh colour - - 1 - 3 - -
Tuber shape - - 1 - 1 - -
Tuber eye depth - - 5 - 3 - -
Tuber skin texture - - - - 6 - -
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Yield potential - - 6 - - - -
Tubers per plant - - 5 - 7 - -
Tuber size - - 6 - 7 - -
Tuber shape uniformity - - 5 - 4 - -
Secondary growth - - 3 - - - -
Internal rust spot - - 5 - - - -
Dormancy period - - 5 - 5 - -
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
Cooking type / 411 Cooked texture - - 6 - - - -
After cooking blackening - - 5 - 8 - -
Enzymic browning - - 7 - - - -
Taste - - 7 - - - -
Crisp suitability - - 7 - 7 - -
French fry suitability - - 7 - 7 - -
Dry matter content - - - - 7 - -
Starch content - - 5 - - - -
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
n/vWart (Synchytrium endobioticum) - - 2 - 2 - -
n/vField immunity to wart races - - 1 - 2 - -
Resistance to gangrene (Phoma foveata) - - 5 - 5 - -
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.) - - 5 - 5 - -
Resistance to late blight on tubers - - 3 - - - -
Resistance to late blight on tubers (Laboratory test) - - - - 3 - -
Resistance to late blight on foliage - - 5 - - - -
Resistance to late blight on foliage (Artificial inoculum in the field) - - - - - - 4
Resistance to late blight on foliage (Laboratory test) - - - - 3 - -
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies) - - 3 - 3 - -
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.) - - 5 - 5 - -
Resistance to bacterial soft rot (Erwinia spp.) - - 6 - - - -
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato virus A - - 9 - 9 - -
Resistance to potato virus X - - 3 - 3 - -
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified) - - 5 - 3 - -
Resistance to potato leaf roll virus - - 5 - 3 - -
Resistance to tobacco rattle virus - - 5 - 3 - -
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1 - - 3 - - - -
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS
Drought resistance - - 5 - - - -


Source:
[5] Centro Interprovinciale di Sperimentazione Ag, ITALY 2005
[7] Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry, IRELAND 2005
[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
[13] SASA, UNITED KINGDOM 2011
[35] Teagasc Crops Research Centre, IRELAND 2007








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