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Arran Peak

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Arran Peak
Pedigree: Herald x (May Queen x Pepo) [6,9,13]
Breeder: D.Mackelvie, Arran, Scotland [13]
HEIDESAND Raiffeisenwarengenossenschaft [9]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1935 [2,9]
1966 [13]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED KINGDOM [2, 6, 9, 13]
Data sourceARCHE NOAH [2] CZEHBROD [6] DEPT [7] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] GBR165 [13] IRL001 [16] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [9, 13, 16] Part tested [11] Infected [6] Untested [2, 7]
Plant material maintained asTuber [23, 35] In-vitro [6, 9, 11] Tuber and in-vitro [13] No longer maintained [2]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [2, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 16, 23]
Test conditionsOrganic [2] Non organic [6, 13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesRare [9] Frequent [13]
Flower colourWhite [9, 13]
Flower frequencyVery rare [9] Very frequent [13]
Foliage coverModerate to good [9]
Growth habitSpreading [13]
Light sprout colourBlue [2, 13]
MaturityVery late [13] Intermediate to late [9]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [2, 13] Cream [9]
Tuber eye colourYellow [2, 13]
Tuber eye depthShallow to medium [13] Shallow [2, 9]
Tuber shapeOval to round [2] Oval to long [9, 13]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [2, 9, 13]
Tuber skin textureSmooth to intermediate [13] Smooth [2]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodMedium [13]
Resistance to external damageSusceptible [9]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium to uniform [2] Uniform [9, 13]
Tuber sizeMedium [2] Large [9]
Yield potentialMedium [23] Medium to high [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningSome to severe [2] Some [9] Little to some [13]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureFairly firm (multi-purpose type) to firm (salad type) [2] Mealy (floury type) to fairly firm (multi-purpose type) [9]
Dry matter contentMedium [13]
Starch contentLow to medium [9]
TasteModerate [9] Moderate to good [2]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)High [13]
Resistance to gangrene (Phoma foveata)Medium [9, 13]
Resistance to late blight on foliageLow to medium [9] Medium [23]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Low [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubersLow to medium [9] High [23]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)Low [13]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9, 13]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.)Low to medium [13]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Medium [9, 13]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusLow [13] Low to medium [9]
Resistance to potato virus AHigh [9]
Resistance to potato virus XVery low to low [9] Low [13]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Very low to low [9] Low [13]
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS
Frost resistanceMedium [23]


Source:
[2] Arche Noah, AUSTRIA 2009
[6] Potato Research Institute, CZECH REPUBLIC 2010
[7] Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry, IRELAND 2005
[9] Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), GERMANY 2005
[11] INRA, FRANCE 2005
[23] N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2005
[13] SASA, UNITED KINGDOM 2005
[35] Teagasc Crops Research Centre, IRELAND 2007















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