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Buchan

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Buchan
Pedigree: Croft x Cara [13]
Breeder: Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA [13]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1993 [13]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED KINGDOM [13]
Data sourceGBR165 [13]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [13]
Plant material maintained asTuber [35, 13]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [13, 35]
Test conditionsNon organic [13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesOccasional [13]
Flower colourWhite [13]
Flower frequencyRare [13]
Foliage coverPoor to moderate [13]
Growth habitSpreading to semi erect [13]
Light sprout colourPink [13]
MaturityIntermediate to late [13]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourCream [13]
Tuber eye colourYellow [13]
Tuber eye depthVery shallow [13]
Tuber shapeRound [13]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [13]
Tuber skin textureSmooth to intermediate [13]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodMedium [13]
Resistance to external damageResistant [13]
Resistance to internal bruisingHigh [13]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium to uniform [13]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningTrace [13]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureFairly firm (multi-purpose type) [13]
Dry matter contentMedium [13]
Frying colourMedium to dark [13]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)Medium to high [13]
Resistance to gangrene (Phoma foveata)Medium [13]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Low to medium [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)High [13]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [13]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.)High to very high [13]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Medium to high [13]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusHigh to very high [13]
Resistance to potato virus XMedium to high [13]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Medium [13]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera pallida race 1Very low to low [13]
Resistance to Globodera pallida race 2Very low to low [13]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1High to very high [13]


Source:
[13] SASA, UNITED KINGDOM 2008
[35] Teagasc Crops Research Centre, IRELAND 2007















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