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Ambassadeur

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Ambassadeur
Pedigree: Black 1256 x Libertas [8,20]
Black 1256 x Libertas (dms) [9]
Breeder: 69 [9]
Breeder's rights:
Synonyms:
National list: 1957 [8]
1958 [9,20]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originNETHERLANDS [8, 9, 20]
Data sourceDEPT [7] DEU001 [8] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] IRL001 [16] POL IPR BON [20] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [9, 16] Part tested [11] Untested [7, 8, 20]
Plant material maintained asTuber [20, 23, 35] In-vitro [9, 11] Cryopreservation [8]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [7, 8, 9, 11, 16, 20, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [8]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesRare [9]
Flower colourRed violet [9]
Flower frequencyOccasional to frequent [9]
Foliage coverModerate to good [9]
Growth habitSemi erect [9]
Light sprout colourPink [9]
MaturityVery late [9]
Pollen fertilitySterile [23]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourLight yellow [9]
Tuber eye depthMedium [9]
Tuber shapeOval to round [9]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Resistance to external damageSusceptible to moderate [9]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium [9]
Tuber sizeMedium [9]
Yield potentialHigh [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureVery mealy (floury type) to mealy (floury type) [9]
Starch contentHigh to very high [9]
TasteModerate to good [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageLow [23] Medium [9]
Resistance to late blight on tubersHigh [23] High to very high [9]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.)High [9]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Low to medium [9]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusLow to medium [9]
Resistance to potato virus ALow [9]
Resistance to potato virus MMedium to high [9]
Resistance to potato virus XVery high [9]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Very low to low [9]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [9]


Source:
[7] Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry, IRELAND 2005
[8] Federal Research Centre of Agriculture, GERMANY 2005
[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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