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Amazone

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Amazone
Pedigree: Civa x Provita [14,20]
Civa x Provita (adg) [6,9,13]
Breeder: G.Geertsema-Groningen B.V., Postbus 405, NL-9723 [13]
Geertsema Zaden B.V. [14]
Wolf Lange [9]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1983 [9,20]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originNETHERLANDS [6, 9, 13, 14, 20]
Data sourceCZEHBROD [6] DEU416 [9] GBR165 [13] HUN052 [14] POL IPR BON [20] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsPart tested [9, 14] Infected [6, 13] Untested [20]
Plant material maintained asTuber [9, 13, 20, 23] In-vitro [6, 14]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [6, 9, 13, 14, 20, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [6, 13, 14]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesNo berries [9]
Flower colourWhite [9, 13, 14]
Flower frequencyVery rare [9, 13] Rare [14]
Foliage coverModerate to good [9] Good [14]
Growth habitSemi erect [14]
Light sprout colourPink [9, 13]
MaturityEarly [14] Very early to early [9] Very early [13]
Pollen fertilityLow [23]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourLight yellow [9, 13] Yellow [14]
Tuber eye depthShallow [9, 14]
Tuber shapeOval to long [9, 13] Long to oval [14]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9, 13, 14]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodShort [9] Short to medium [13]
Internal rust spotInfrequent to medium [9]
Resistance to external damageModerate to resistant [9] Resistant [13]
Resistance to internal bruisingMedium [9] Medium to high [13]
Secondary growthLow [9]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium to uniform [9, 13]
Tuber sizeMedium to large [9, 14] Large [13]
Tubers per plantMedium to many [9] Many [13]
Yield potentialMedium [23] Medium to high [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningTrace [9] None to trace [13]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureFairly firm (multi-purpose type) [14] Mealy (floury type) to fairly firm (multi-purpose type) [9, 13]
Crisp suitabilityGood [13]
Dry matter contentMedium to high [14] High [13]
Enzymic browningTrace [14]
French fry suitabilityGood [13]
Starch contentMedium [23] Medium to high [9, 14]
TasteGood [9] Good to excellent [13]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageVery low to low [9] Low [14] Medium [23]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Low [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubersLow to medium [9] Medium [14] High [23]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)Medium [13]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9, 14]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Medium [9] Medium to high [13]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusMedium to high [14] High [9] High to very high [13]
Resistance to potato virus AVery high [9, 13, 14]
Resistance to potato virus XMedium to high [9, 14] High [13]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Medium to high [14] High [13]
Resistance to potato virus YNMedium to high [9]
Resistance to tobacco rattle virusHigh [13]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1High [9, 13, 14]
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS
Drought resistanceMedium [9] Medium to high [13]
Frost resistanceMedium [23]


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















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