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Capella

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Capella
Pedigree: Edda x [Industrie x (Ef Stamm x Polanin)] [8,9]
Breeder: Ciekocino [20]
Saatzuchtwirtschaft Firlbeck KG [9]
Breeder's rights:
Synonyms:(1) Gerlinde [9]
(2) Lenino [20]
National list: 1943 [9]
1946 [8]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originGERMANY [8, 9] POLAND [20]
Data sourceDEU001 [8] DEU416 [9] IRL001 [16] POL IPR BON [20] VERN eV [22] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [9] Part tested [20] Untested [8, 16, 22]
Plant material maintained asTuber [22, 23, 35] In-vitro [20] Cryopreservation [8] Tuber + in-vitro and cryopreservation [9]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [8, 9, 16, 20, 22, 23, 35]
Test conditionsNon organic [8]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesVery rare [9]
Flower colourWhite [9]
Flower frequencyRare to occasional [9]
Foliage coverGood [9]
Light sprout colourPink [9]
MaturityLate [9]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourLight yellow [9]
Tuber eye depthShallow to medium [9]
Tuber shapeOval to round [9]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodLong [9]
Internal rust spotInfrequent to medium [9]
Resistance to external damageSusceptible [9]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium to uniform [9]
Tuber sizeMedium to large [9]
Tubers per plantMedium [9]
Yield potentialHigh [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningTrace to little [9]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureMealy (floury type) [9]
Starch contentHigh [9]
TasteModerate [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to early blight (Alternaria solani)Very high [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageMedium to high [9] High [23]
Resistance to late blight on tubersMedium to high [9] High [23]
Resistance to stem canker (Rhizoctonia solani)Medium [9]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to bacterial soft rot (Erwinia spp.)Medium [9]
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.)Very low [9]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Low [9]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusMedium to high [9]
Resistance to potato virus AMedium [9]
Resistance to potato virus MMedium to high [9]
Resistance to potato virus SHigh [9]
Resistance to potato virus XLow to medium [9]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Medium to high [9]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [9]
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS
Frost resistanceLow [23]


Source:
[8] Federal Research Centre of Agriculture, GERMANY 2005
[9] Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), GERMANY 2005
[20] Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, POLAND 2005
[22] VERN e.V., GERMANY 2005
[23] N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2005
[35] Teagasc Crops Research Centre, IRELAND 2007















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