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Arran Scout

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Arran Scout
Pedigree: Abundance x USAD 24642 [9]
Breeder: D.Mackelvie, Arran, Scotland [13]
HEIDESAND Raiffeisenwarengenossenschaft [9]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1932 [9]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED KINGDOM [9, 13]
Data sourceDEPT [7] DEU416 [9] GBR165 [13]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [9, 13] Untested [7]
Plant material maintained asTuber [13] In-vitro [9]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [7, 9, 13]
Test conditionsNon organic [13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
Flower colourWhite [9]
Flower frequencyVery rare [9, 13]
Foliage coverModerate to good [9]
Light sprout colourBlue [13]
MaturityEarly [9] Very early [13]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [9, 13]
Tuber eye depthShallow to medium [9]
Tuber shapeOval [9, 13]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9, 13]
Tuber skin textureVery smooth to smooth [9]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Tuber shape uniformityMedium to uniform [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
Starch contentVery low to low [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Very low to low [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)Very low to low [13]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)High [9]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato virus XLow [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 2005















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