The European Cultivated Potato Database

Russet Burbank

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HIGHER TAXON:	Solanaceae
GENUS:	Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Russet Burbank
Pedigree:	Mutant of Burbank [5,6,9,13,15,20]
Breeder:	60 [9] L. Sweet [14] Luther Burbank, USA [5,13,19]
Breeder's rights:	No [13] Yes [13]
Synonyms:
National list:	1874 [14] 1917 [9,20]

		Source
	Character	[5]	[6]	[7]	[9]	[11]	[13]	[14]	[15]	[19]	[20]	[23]	[25]
	ADMINISTRATION
n/v	Data source	5	6	7	9	11	13	14	15	19	20	23	-
n/v	Plant material maintained as	1	2	-	4	2	4	2	1	-	2	1	-
	Plant health directive EC77/93, requirements	4	2	4	1	2	1	2	1	-	2	-	-
	Country of origin	230	230	-	230	-	230	230	164	-	230	-	-
n/v	Sample status	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	-
n/v	Test conditions	-	2	-	-	-	2	2	2	-	-	-	-
	PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
	Maturity	-	-	-	1	-	2	3	6	5	-	-	-
	Growth habit	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	-	4	-	-	-
	Foliage cover	-	-	-	6	-	5	8	7	9	-	-	-
n/v	Flower colour	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-
	Flower frequency	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	-	4	-	-	-
	Berries	-	-	-	3	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-
	Pollen fertility	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
n/v	Light sprout colour	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
	TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
n/v	Tuber skin colour	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-
n/v	Tuber eye colour	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
n/v	Primary tuber flesh colour	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-
	Tuber shape	-	-	-	5	-	5	5	5	5	-	-	-
	Tuber eye depth	-	-	-	6	-	3	5	7	4	-	-	-
	Tuber skin texture	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	-	3	-	-	-
	TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
	Yield potential	-	-	-	6	-	-	8	5	7	-	-	-
	Early harvest yield potential	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Tubers per plant	-	-	-	3	-	4	7	-	-	-	-	-
	Tuber size	-	-	-	6	-	-	8	-	8	-	-	-
	Tuber shape uniformity	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-
	Secondary growth	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-
	Growth cracking	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-
	Hollow heart tendency	-	-	-	5	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-
	Resistance to external damage	-	-	-	4	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-
	Resistance to internal bruising	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	7	-	-	-
	Dormancy period	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-
	Storage ability	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	9	-	-	-	-
	UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
	Cooking type / 411 Cooked texture	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	6	-	-	-	-
	After cooking blackening	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-
	Taste	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Crisp suitability	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-
	French fry suitability	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	6	7	-	-	-
	Frying colour	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	6	-	-	-	-
	Dry matter content	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	9	6	-	-	-
	Starch content	-	-	-	5	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-
	RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
	Resistance to early blight (Alternaria solani)	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-
n/v	Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)	-	-	-	2	-	2	2	-	2	-	-	-
n/v	Field immunity to wart races	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
	Resistance to gangrene (Phoma foveata)	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	7	-	-	-	-
	Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	-	-	-	-	-
	Resistance to late blight on tubers	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	4	-	-	5	-
	Resistance to late blight on tubers (Artificial inoculum in the field)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-
	Resistance to late blight on tubers (Laboratory test)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Resistance to late blight on foliage	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	4	-	-	7	-
	Resistance to late blight on foliage (Artificial inoculum in the field)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-
	Resistance to late blight on foliage (Laboratory test)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium coeruleum)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
	RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
	Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)	-	-	-	7	-	8	8	7	8	-	-	-
	Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.)	-	-	-	4	-	-	8	7	-	-	-	-
	RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
	Resistance to potato virus A	-	-	-	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Resistance to potato virus B	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Resistance to potato virus C	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Resistance to potato virus M	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Resistance to potato virus X	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)	-	-	-	4	-	4	3	5	4	-	-	-
	Resistance to potato leaf roll virus	-	-	-	3	-	2	3	5	4	-	-	-
	RESISTANCE TO PESTS
	Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	2	3	-	-	-
	Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
	Resistance to Globodera pallida race 1	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Resistance to Globodera pallida race 2	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
	ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS
	Drought resistance	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-

The following sources maintain more than one accession of the variety Russet Burbank:

Source	Accession no.	Recorded variations
23	20213	none
23	20201	none

Source:
[5]	Centro Interprovinciale di Sperimentazione Ag, ITALY	2005
[6]	Potato Research Institute, CZECH REPUBLIC	2010
[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
[14]	Pannon University , HUNGARY	2005
[15]	HZPC B.V., NETHERLANDS	2005
[19]	Nederlands Potato Consultative Foundation (NIVAP), NETHERLANDS	2005
[20]	Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, POLAND	2005
[23]	N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION	2005
[13]	SASA, UNITED KINGDOM	2011

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