The European Cultivated Potato Database

 
 

Cardinal

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Cardinal
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ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED KINGDOM [6, 12]
Data sourceCZEHBROD [6] FRA179 [11] GBR017 [12] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsPart tested [11] Infected [6]
Plant material maintained asTuber [23] In-vitro [6] Tuber and in-vitro [11]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [6, 11, 12, 23]
Test conditionsOrganic [12] Non organic [6]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
Flower colourRed violet [12]
Flower frequencyFrequent [12]
Foliage coverModerate to good [12]
Growth habitErect to very erect [12]
MaturityIntermediate [12]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourCream [12]
Tuber eye depthShallow [12]
Tuber shapeLong to oval [12]
Tuber skin colourRed [12]
Tuber skin textureRough [12]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Internal rust spotVery infrequent [12]
Resistance to external damageResistant [12]
Tuber shape uniformity to medium [12]
Tuber sizeSmall to medium [12]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningNone [12]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureMealy (floury type) [12]
Frying colourDark [12]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Resistance to late blight on foliageMedium [12, 23]
Resistance to late blight on tubersMedium [23] High to very high [12]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)High to very high [12]


Source:
[6] Potato Research Institute, CZECH REPUBLIC 2010
[11] INRA, FRANCE 2005
[12] Henry Doubleday Research Association (HDRA), UNITED KINGDOM 2005
[23] N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2005















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