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Ailsa

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Ailsa
Pedigree: G 4324 545 x Maris Piper [6,13]
Breeder: SCRI, Pentlandfield, Roslin, Midlothian [13]
Breeder's rights: Yes [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1984 [13]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED KINGDOM [6, 13]
Data sourceARCHE NOAH [2] CM [4] CZEHBROD [6] DEPT [7] FRA179 [11] GBR165 [13] IRL001 [16] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [4, 7, 13] Part tested [6, 11] Infected [2] Untested [16]
Plant material maintained asTuber [4, 11, 13] In-vitro [6] No longer maintained [2]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [2, 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, 16, 23]
Test conditionsOrganic [2] Non organic [4, 6, 13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesNo berries [13]
Flower colourWhite [13]
Flower frequencyFrequent [13]
Foliage coverGood [13]
Growth habitSpreading [13]
Light sprout colourPink [2, 13]
MaturityIntermediate [13]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourCream [2, 13]
Tuber eye colourYellow [2, 13]
Tuber eye depthShallow [2] Very shallow [13]
Tuber shapeOval [2, 13]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [2, 13]
Tuber skin textureSmooth to intermediate [2] Smooth [13]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodMedium [13]
Resistance to external damageResistant [13]
Resistance to internal bruisingLow to medium [13]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium to uniform [2]
Tuber sizeLarge to very large [2, 13]
Tubers per plantMany [13]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningSevere [2] Trace to little [13]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureFairly firm (multi-purpose type) to firm (salad type) [2]
Crisp suitabilityPoor [13]
Dry matter contentHigh [13]
French fry suitabilityPoor [13]
Frying colourMedium [13]
TasteGood [2]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium coeruleum)Low to medium [13]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)Low to medium [13]
Resistance to gangrene (Phoma foveata)Low to medium [13]
Resistance to late blight on foliageLow to medium [4]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Low [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)Low [13]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [13]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Medium [13] Medium to high [4]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusVery low [2] Low to medium [13]
Resistance to potato mop top virusMedium [13]
Resistance to potato virus AHigh [2, 13]
Resistance to potato virus BHigh [13]
Resistance to potato virus CMedium to high [13]
Resistance to potato virus MHigh [2]
Resistance to potato virus SMedium to high [2]
Resistance to potato virus XLow [13] High [2]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Very low [2] Very low to low [13]
Resistance to tobacco rattle virusLow [13]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera pallida race 1Low [13]
Resistance to Globodera pallida race 2Low [13]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [2, 13]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 5Very low to low [4]


Source:
[2] Arche Noah, AUSTRIA 2009
[4] C. Meijer B.V, NETHERLANDS 2005
[6] Potato Research Institute, CZECH REPUBLIC 2010
[7] Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry, IRELAND 2005
[11] INRA, FRANCE 2005
[23] N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2005
[13] SASA, UNITED KINGDOM 2011















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