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Avenir

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Avenir
Pedigree: (A 42 x Voran) x Katadhin [2]
(A 42 x Voran) x Katahdin [9,13]
Breeder: AGRICO, Emmeloord [13]
von Kameke (vormals Grabau, Streckenthin) [9]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1957 [8]
1958 [9]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originNETHERLANDS [8, 9, 13]
Data sourceAR [1] DEPT [7] DEU001 [8] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] GBR165 [13] IRL001 [16] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [1, 9, 13, 16] Part tested [8, 11] Untested [7]
Plant material maintained asTuber [1, 13, 23] In-vitro [8, 9, 11]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [1, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 16, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [1, 8, 13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesRare [9] Rare to occasional [1]
Flower colourWhite [9, 13]
Flower frequencyOccasional to frequent [9]
Foliage coverGood [9]
MaturityIntermediate [9, 13] Early to intermediate [1, 8]
Pollen fertilityLow [23]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [1] Cream [9, 13] Yellow [8]
Tuber eye depthVery shallow to shallow [1, 8, 9]
Tuber shapeOval [8] Oval to long [9] Long to oval [1, 13]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [1, 8, 9, 13]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Hollow heart tendencyVery low [9]
Internal rust spotInfrequent [9] Very infrequent [1, 8]
Resistance to external damageModerate [9]
Resistance to internal bruisingVery high [9]
Storage abilityPoor [8]
Tuber shape uniformityUniform to very uniform [1] Very uniform [9]
Tuber sizeLarge [9] Very large [1]
Yield potentialHigh [9] High to very high [1]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningLittle [9]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureFairly firm (multi-purpose type) [1] Mealy (floury type) to fairly firm (multi-purpose type) [9]
Dry matter contentMedium [1, 23]
Starch contentLow to medium [9] Medium [8]
TasteModerate [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [1, 9]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium coeruleum)High [13]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)Medium [1]
Resistance to late blight on foliageLow [23] Medium [1, 8, 9]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Very low to low [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubersMedium [23] High [1, 8, 9]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)Low to medium [13]
Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea)Medium to high [8]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [8, 9]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.)High to very high [9]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Medium to high [1, 9]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusMedium to high [9] High [1, 8]
Resistance to potato virus AMedium [9] Medium to high [8]
Resistance to potato virus MMedium to high [9]
Resistance to potato virus XLow [9] High [8]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Medium [9] Medium to high [1, 8]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Very low to low [1] Low [8, 9]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 5Very low to low [1]


Source:
[1] Agrico Research, NETHERLANDS 2005
[7] Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry, IRELAND 2005
[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
[23] N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2005
[13] SASA, UNITED KINGDOM 2011















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