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Arran Cairn

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Arran Cairn
Pedigree: May Queen x Pepo [9]
Breeder: D.Mackelvie, Arran, Scotland [13]
HEIDESAND Raiffeisenwarengenossenschaft [9]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1930 [9]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED KINGDOM [9, 13]
Data sourceDEPT [7] DEU416 [9] GBR165 [13] IRL001 [16]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [9, 13, 16] Untested [7]
Plant material maintained asTuber [35] In-vitro [9] Tuber and in-vitro [13]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [7, 9, 13, 16]
Test conditionsNon organic [13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
Flower colourRed violet [9, 13]
Flower frequencyOccasional to frequent [9]
Foliage coverGood [9]
Light sprout colourPink [13]
MaturityLate [13] Intermediate to late [9]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [9, 13]
Tuber eye depthShallow to medium [9]
Tuber shapeOval to long [9] Long to oval [13]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9, 13]
Tuber skin textureIntermediate [9]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Tuber shape uniformityMedium to uniform [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
Starch contentLow [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Artificial inoculum in the field)Medium [13]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Very low [9]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [9]


Source:
[7] Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry, IRELAND 2005
[9] Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), GERMANY 2005
[13] SASA, UNITED KINGDOM 2008
[35] Teagasc Crops Research Centre, IRELAND 2007















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