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Arran Pilot

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Arran Pilot
Pedigree: May Queen x Pepo [5,6,9,13]
May Queen x Pepo (1919) [20]
Breeder: D.Mackelvie, Arran, Scotland [5,13]
HEIDESAND Raiffeisenwarengenossenschaft [9]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1930 [9,20]
1966 [13]




ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED KINGDOM [5, 6, 9, 13, 20]
Data sourceCPVPA [5] CZEHBROD [6] DEPT [7] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] GBR165 [13] IRL001 [16] POL IPR BON [20] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [5, 9, 13] Part tested [20] Infected [6, 11] Untested [7, 16]
Plant material maintained asTuber [23, 35] In-vitro [5, 6, 9, 11, 20] Tuber and in-vitro [13]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 16, 20, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [6, 13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesVery rare [9, 13]
Flower frequencyRare [13] Rare to occasional [9]
Foliage coverModerate [13] Moderate to good [9]
Growth habitSemi erect [9] Spreading [13]
Light sprout colourBlue [13]
MaturityEarly [9] Very early [13]
Pollen fertilityHigh [23]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [9, 13]
Tuber eye colourBlue [13]
Tuber eye depthShallow to medium [9] Shallow [13]
Tuber shapeOval to long [9] Long to oval [13]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9, 13]
Tuber skin textureIntermediate [13]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodMedium [9] Long [13]
Internal rust spotVery infrequent [9]
Resistance to external damageSusceptible [9]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium [9]
Tuber sizeMedium to large [9] Large to very large [13]
Tubers per plantMany [13]
Yield potentialHigh [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningLittle [13] Trace to little [9]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureFirm (salad type) [9]
Crisp suitabilityPoor [13]
Dry matter contentLow [13] Medium [23]
Enzymic browningLittle [9]
French fry suitabilityPoor [13]
Starch contentLow to medium [9]
TasteGood [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)Very low to low [13] Low [9]
Resistance to gangrene (Phoma foveata)Medium to high [13] High [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageLow [9] Medium [23]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Low to medium [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 common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Medium to high [9] High [13]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusLow to medium [9, 13]
Resistance to potato virus ALow [9] Very high [13]
Resistance to potato virus XLow [9, 13]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Low [9, 13]
Resistance to tobacco rattle virusVery low to low [13] Very high [9]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera pallida race 1Low [13]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [9, 13]
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS
Drought resistanceHigh [9]
Frost resistanceMedium [23]


Source:
[5] Centro Interprovinciale di Sperimentazione Ag, ITALY 2005
[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
[20] Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, POLAND 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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