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Birga

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Birga
Pedigree: Alisma x 54 103 [9,20]
Breeder: Paulsen & Hölscher Kartoffelzucht [9]
Breeder's rights:
Synonyms:
National list: 1974 [9,20]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originGERMANY [9, 20]
Data sourceDEU416 [9] POL IPR BON [20] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsPart tested [9, 20]
Plant material maintained asTuber [23] In-vitro [9, 20]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [9, 20, 23]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
Flower colourWhite [9]
Flower frequencyOccasional [9]
Foliage coverGood [9]
MaturityIntermediate [9]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourYellow [9]
Tuber eye depthShallow [9]
Tuber shapeOval [9]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodMedium [9]
Hollow heart tendencyLow [9]
Internal rust spotInfrequent [9]
Secondary growthMedium [9]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium [9]
Yield potentialMedium [23] Medium to high [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningTrace to little [9]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureMealy (floury type) to fairly firm (multi-purpose type) [9]
Dry matter contentMedium [23]
Starch contentLow [23] Medium to high [9]
TasteModerate [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageMedium to high [9]
Resistance to late blight on tubersHigh [9]
Resistance to stem canker (Rhizoctonia solani)Medium to high [9]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.)Medium to high [9]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)High [9]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusMedium [9]
Resistance to potato virus AHigh [9]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Medium [9]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [9]


Source:
[9] Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), GERMANY 2005
[20] Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, POLAND 2005
[23] N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2005















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