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Aura

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Aura
Pedigree: Ostbote x Rosa [8]
Ostbote x Rosa (tbr) [9]
Breeder: 6 [9]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1951 [8,9]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originFRANCE [8, 9]
Data sourceARCHE NOAH [2] DEU001 [8] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] GBR017 [12] GBR165 [13] VERN eV [22] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [13] Part tested [9, 11] Untested [2, 8, 22]
Plant material maintained asTuber [9, 22, 23] In-vitro [11] Cryopreservation [8] Tuber and in-vitro [13] No longer maintained [2]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [2, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 22, 23]
Test conditionsOrganic [2, 12] Non organic [8, 13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesNo berries [9]
Flower colourWhite [9, 12]
Flower frequencyVery rare [9] Rare [12]
Foliage coverModerate to good [9, 12] Good [12]
Growth habitErect to very erect [12] Semi erect to erect [9, 12]
Light sprout colourPink [9]
MaturityIntermediate [9] Early [12] Very early [12]
Pollen fertilityLow [23]
Stolon lengthVery short to short [12]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourCream [12] Yellow [9, 12]
Tuber eye depthShallow to medium [12] Shallow [9]
Tuber shapeLong to oval [9, 12] Very long [12]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9, 12]
Tuber skin textureSmooth to intermediate [12] Smooth [12] Very smooth to smooth [9]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodLong [9]
Hollow heart tendencyLow [9]
Internal rust spotInfrequent [9, 12]
Resistance to external damageSusceptible to moderate [12]
Tuber shape uniformity to medium [12] Medium to uniform [9] Uniform [12]
Tuber sizeMedium [12]
Yield potentialMedium to high [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningTrace [9] None [12]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureFirm (salad type) [9, 12]
Dry matter contentMedium [23]
Frying colourMedium [12]
Starch contentLow [23] Low to medium [9]
TasteModerate to good [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageLow [9] Medium [12, 23] Very high [12]
Resistance to late blight on tubersVery low to low [12] Low to medium [9] High to very high [12]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)High [9, 12]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusMedium [9]
Resistance to potato virus MLow [9]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Low [9]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [9]


Source:
[2] Arche Noah, AUSTRIA 2009
[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
[12] Henry Doubleday Research Association (HDRA), UNITED KINGDOM 2005
[22] VERN e.V., GERMANY 2005
[23] N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2005
[13] SASA, UNITED KINGDOM 2005















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