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Ajax

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Ajax
Pedigree: Froma x MPI 19268 (adg,dms) [9]
Froma x MPI 40.1465/6 [20]
Breeder: Wolf Lange [9]
Breeder's rights:
Synonyms:
National list: 1974 [9,20]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originNETHERLANDS [9, 20]
Data sourceDEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] IRL001 [16] POL IPR BON [20] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsPart tested [9, 11, 20] Untested [16]
Plant material maintained asTuber [9, 23, 35] In-vitro [20] Tuber and in-vitro [11]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [9, 11, 16, 20, 23]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesNo berries [9]
Flower colourWhite [9]
Flower frequencyOccasional to frequent [9]
Foliage coverGood [9]
Growth habitSemi erect [9]
Light sprout colourPink [9]
MaturityIntermediate [9]
Pollen fertilityModerate [23]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourYellow [9]
Tuber eye depthShallow to medium [9]
Tuber shapeOval [9]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodMedium to long [9]
Hollow heart tendencyVery low [9]
Internal rust spotInfrequent [9]
Resistance to external damageResistant [9]
Resistance to internal bruisingHigh to very high [9]
Secondary growthLow to medium [9]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium to uniform [9]
Tuber sizeLarge [9]
Tubers per plantMedium to many [9]
Yield potentialMedium [23] Very high [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningTrace [9]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureMealy (floury type) to fairly firm (multi-purpose type) [9]
Starch contentMedium [9]
TasteModerate to good [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageMedium [9]
Resistance to late blight on tubersMedium to high [9]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Medium [9]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusHigh [9]
Resistance to potato virus ALow [9]
Resistance to potato virus XLow to medium [9]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)High [9]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [9]
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS
Drought resistanceHigh [9]


Source:
[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
[23] N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2005
[35] Teagasc Crops Research Centre, IRELAND 2007















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