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Alka

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Alka
Pedigree: Pluton x Anco [20]
Pluton x Anco (dms) [6,9]
Breeder: 9 [9]
Strzekecin [20]
Breeder's rights:
Synonyms:
National list: 1974 [9,20]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originPOLAND [6, 9, 20]
Data sourceCZEHBROD [6] DEU416 [9] POL IPR BON [20] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [9] Part tested [20] Infected [6]
Plant material maintained asTuber [23] In-vitro [6, 20] In-vitro and cryopreservation [9]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [6, 9, 20, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [6]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesVery rare [9]
Flower colourWhite [9, 20]
Flower frequencyOccasional to frequent [20] Frequent [9]
Foliage coverGood [9] Good to dense [20]
Growth habitErect [20]
MaturityEarly [9, 20]
Pollen fertilityHigh [23]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [20] Cream [9]
Secondary tuber flesh colourCream [20]
Tuber eye depthShallow to medium [9] Shallow [20]
Tuber shapeOval to round [20] Oval [9]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9, 20]
Tuber skin textureSmooth [20]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Tuber sizeMedium [9, 20]
Yield potentialLow [23] High [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningTrace [9, 20]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureFairly firm (multi-purpose type) [9, 20]
Starch contentLow [9, 20] High [23]
TasteModerate to good [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageMedium [9, 23] Medium to high [20]
Resistance to late blight on tubersLow [9] Medium [20] High [23]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9, 20]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.)High [9]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Medium to high [9, 20]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusMedium [9, 20]
Resistance to potato virus MMedium [9]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Medium to high [9] High [20]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [9]


Source:
[6] Potato Research Institute, CZECH REPUBLIC 2010
[9] Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), GERMANY 2005
[20] Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, POLAND 2012
[23] N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2005















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