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Asoka

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Asoka
Pedigree: Saskia x Sirtema [8,9,20]
Breeder: Norddeutsche Pflanzenzucht Hans-Georg-Lembke KG [9]
Breeder's rights:
Synonyms:
National list: 1959 [8]
1962 [9,20]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originNETHERLANDS [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 [8, 11, 20] In-vitro and cryopreservation [9]
Sample statusBreeder's line [9] Advanced cultivar [8, 11, 20, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [8]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesNo berries [9]
Flower colourWhite [9]
Flower frequencyOccasional to frequent [9]
Foliage coverGood [9]
MaturityEarly [9] Very early [8]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourCream [8] Light yellow [9]
Tuber eye depthShallow [8, 9]
Tuber shapeOval to long [9] Long to oval [8]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9]
Tuber skin textureVery smooth to smooth [9]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Hollow heart tendencyMedium [9]
Internal rust spotMedium [8, 9]
Resistance to external damageResistant [9]
Resistance to internal bruisingMedium [9]
Storage abilityVery poor to poor [8]
Tuber shape uniformityUniform to very uniform [9]
Tuber sizeLarge [9]
Yield potentialHigh [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureFairly firm (multi-purpose type) [9]
Dry matter contentMedium [23]
Starch contentLow [8, 9, 23]
TasteModerate to good [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageLow [9] Medium [23] High [8]
Resistance to late blight on tubersLow [9] Low to medium [8] High [23]
Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea)Medium [8]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.)High to very high [9]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Medium to high [9]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusLow to medium [8] Medium to high [9]
Resistance to potato virus AHigh [9]
Resistance to potato virus XHigh [9]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Low to medium [8] Medium [9]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [9]


The following sources maintain more than one accession of the variety Asoka:
Source Accession no. Recorded variations
235147none
234399none

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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