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King Edward

[pedigree] [parents] [similar varieties][descriptive data]
HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. King Edward
Pedigree: Magnum Bonum x Beauty of Hebron [20]
Magnum Bonum x Beauty of Hebron (tbr) [9,13]
Breeder: 7 [9]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1902 [2,9,20]
1966 [13]
Source
Character[1][2][7][9][11][13][20]
ADMINISTRATION
n/vData source12791113 -
n/vData source - - - - - - 20
n/vPlant material maintained as11 - 6242
n/vPlant material maintained as - - - - - - -
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirements141221 -
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirements - - - - - - 2
Country of origin - 228 - 228 - 228228
n/vSample status555555 -
n/vSample status - - - - - - 5
n/vTest conditions21 - - - 2 -
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
Maturity - - - 4 - 5 -
Growth habit - - - - - 4 -
Foliage cover - - - 5 - 4 -
n/vFlower colour - - - 2 - 2 -
Flower frequency - - - 2 - 2 -
Berries - - - 2 - 1 -
n/vLight sprout colour - 1 - 1 - 1 -
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
n/vTuber skin colour - 4 - - - 4 -
n/vTuber eye colour - 2 - - - 2 -
n/vPrimary tuber flesh colour - 2 - 2 - 2 -
Tuber shape - 3 - 3 - 4 -
Tuber eye depth - 7 - 6 - 9 -
Tuber skin texture - 7 - 9 - 7 -
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Yield potential - - - 5 - - -
Tubers per plant - - - 8 - 8 -
Tuber size - 6 - 3 - 7 -
Tuber shape uniformity - 6 - 8 - 7 -
Secondary growth - - - 3 - - -
Growth cracking - - - 7 - - -
Hollow heart tendency - - - 7 - - -
Internal rust spot - - - 6 - - -
Resistance to external damage - - - 7 - - -
Dormancy period - - - 6 - 5 -
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
Cooking type / 411 Cooked texture - 2 - 6 - - -
After cooking blackening - 3 - 7 - 9 -
Enzymic browning - - - 8 - - -
Taste - 6 - 7 - - -
Crisp suitability - - - 7 - 3 -
French fry suitability - - - - - 3 -
Dry matter content - - - - - 5 -
Starch content - - - 5 - - -
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea) - - - 8 - - -
n/vWart (Synchytrium endobioticum) - - - 1 - 1 -
Resistance to gangrene (Phoma foveata) - - - 5 - 8 -
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)7 - - 5 - 5 -
Resistance to late blight on tubers - - - 1 - - -
Resistance to late blight on tubers (Laboratory test) - - - - - 2 -
Resistance to late blight on foliage3 - - 4 - - -
Resistance to late blight on foliage (Laboratory test) - - - - - 2 -
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)6 - - 6 - 7 -
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.) - - - 5 - 3 -
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato virus A - - - 9 - 9 -
Resistance to potato virus M - - - 3 - - -
Resistance to potato virus X - - - 9 - 7 -
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified) - - - 2 - 3 -
Resistance to potato leaf roll virus - - - 5 - 6 -
Resistance to tobacco rattle virus - - - 6 - - -
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1 - - - 3 - - -
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 52 - - - - - -
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS
Drought resistance - - - 4 - - -


Source:
[1] Agrico Research, NETHERLANDS 2005
[2] Arche Noah, AUSTRIA 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 2005
[35] Teagasc Crops Research Centre, IRELAND 2007








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