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Antares

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Antares
Pedigree: [(Capella x BRA 9089) x Flava] x Ora [8,9,20]
Breeder: 140 [9]
Breeder's rights:
Synonyms:
National list: 1961 [8,9,20]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originGERMANY [8, 9, 20]
Data sourceDEU001 [8] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] POL IPR BON [20] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [9] Part tested [8, 11, 20]
Plant material maintained asTuber [23] In-vitro [11, 20] Cryopreservation [8] In-vitro and cryopreservation [9]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [8, 9, 11, 20, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [8]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesVery rare [9]
Flower colourWhite [9]
Flower frequencyVery rare [9]
Foliage coverGood [9]
MaturityEarly [8, 9]
Pollen fertilityHigh [23]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourLight yellow [9]
Tuber eye depthMedium [9] Shallow to medium [8]
Tuber shapeOval to round [8, 9]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9]
Tuber skin textureSmooth [9]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Hollow heart tendencyVery low to low [9]
Internal rust spotVery infrequent to infrequent [9]
Resistance to external damageSusceptible to moderate [9]
Resistance to internal bruisingHigh to very high [9]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium to uniform [9]
Tuber sizeMedium [9]
Yield potentialMedium [23] High [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningNone to trace [9]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureFairly firm (multi-purpose type) [9]
Dry matter contentMedium [23]
Starch contentLow to medium [8, 9]
TasteGood [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9] Race 2 [9] Race 4 [9] Race 5 [9] Race 9 [9] Race 10 [9] Race 18 [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageMedium [8, 9]
Resistance to late blight on tubersMedium [8, 9]
Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea)Medium [8]
Resistance to stem canker (Rhizoctonia solani)Medium [9]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to bacterial soft rot (Erwinia spp.)Low to medium [9]
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.)Low to medium [9]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Medium [9]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusMedium [9] Medium to high [8]
Resistance to potato virus ALow [9] Medium to high [8]
Resistance to potato virus MLow [9]
Resistance to potato virus XLow [9] Medium to high [8]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Low [9] Medium to high [8]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [9]


Source:
[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















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