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Altena

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Altena
Pedigree: Stania x Ropta R 488 [9,13,15]
Breeder: Friese Maatschappij van Landbouw, Kweekbedrijf Ropt [13]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1982 [9]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originNETHERLANDS [9, 13, 15]
Data sourceDEU001 [8] DEU416 [9] GBR165 [13] HZPC [15]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [13, 15] Untested [8, 9]
Plant material maintained asTuber [9, 15] Cryopreservation [8] No longer maintained [13]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [8, 9, 13, 15]
Test conditionsNon organic [8, 13, 15]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesNo berries [13]
Flower colourRed violet [13]
Flower frequencyRare [13]
Foliage coverModerate to good [13] Good to dense [15]
Growth habitSpreading to semi erect [13]
Light sprout colourPink [13]
MaturityIntermediate to late [9] Early [13, 15]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourYellow [13, 15]
Tuber eye colourYellow [13]
Tuber eye depthShallow to medium [13] Very shallow to shallow [15]
Tuber shapeOval [13, 15]
Tuber skin colourRed [13, 15]
Tuber skin textureIntermediate to rough [13]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodLong [15]
Resistance to external damageModerate [13]
Resistance to internal bruisingMedium [13, 15]
Secondary growthVery low [15]
Storage abilityGood [15]
Tuber shape uniformityUniform to very uniform [15]
Yield potentialVery high [15]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningNone to trace [13]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureFairly firm (multi-purpose type) [13] Fairly firm (multi-purpose type) to firm (salad type) [15]
Dry matter contentMedium [13] High [15]
French fry suitabilityModerate [15]
Frying colourMedium [15] Pale [13]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [15]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)Low [13] Medium [15]
Resistance to gangrene (Phoma foveata)Low [13]
Resistance to late blight on foliageLow to medium [15]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Low [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubersLow to medium [15]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)Low [13]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Susceptible [13]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Low to medium [15] Medium [13]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusMedium [15] Medium to high [13]
Resistance to potato virus AHigh [13] High to very high [15]
Resistance to potato virus BMedium to high [13]
Resistance to potato virus CMedium to high [13]
Resistance to potato virus XMedium to high [13]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Medium [15] Medium to high [13]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera pallida race 1Low [13]
Resistance to Globodera pallida race 2Very low to low [15] Low [13]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1High [13] High to very high [15]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 5High to very high [15]
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS
Drought resistanceMedium to high [13] High [15]


Source:
[8] Federal Research Centre of Agriculture, GERMANY 2005
[9] Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), GERMANY 2005
[15] HZPC B.V., NETHERLANDS 2005
[13] SASA, UNITED KINGDOM 2008















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