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Catriona

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Catriona
Pedigree: McGill and Smiths seedling 10.264 A 10.612 [6]
Breeder: 9 [9]
Findlay, A., Auchtermuchty, Scotland [5,13]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1920 [2,9]
1966 [13]

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ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED KINGDOM [2, 5, 6, 9, 13]
Data sourceARCHE NOAH [2] CPVPA [5] CZEHBROD [6] DEPT [7] DEU416 [9] GBR165 [13] IRL001 [16]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [13, 16] Part tested [6, 9] Untested [2, 5, 7]
Plant material maintained asTuber [2, 5, 9, 35] In-vitro [6] Tuber and in-vitro [13]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 13, 16]
Test conditionsOrganic [2] Non organic [6, 13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesVery rare [9, 13]
Flower frequencyOccasional [9] Occasional to frequent [13]
Foliage coverModerate to good [9] Good [13]
Growth habitSemi erect to erect [13]
Light sprout colourBlue [2, 13]
MaturityEarly to intermediate [9] Early [13]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourLight yellow [2, 9] Deep yellow [13]
Tuber eye colourBlue [2]
Tuber eye depthShallow to medium [2, 9] Very shallow [13]
Tuber shapeOval [9, 13] Oval to long [2]
Tuber skin colourPart blue [2, 9, 13]
Tuber skin textureSmooth to intermediate [2] Smooth [13] Very smooth to smooth [9]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodShort to medium [9] Medium [13]
Resistance to external damageResistant [9]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium to uniform [2, 9]
Tuber sizeLarge [2]
Yield potentialHigh [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningLittle [2] Trace [9]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureFairly firm (multi-purpose type) [2]
Crisp suitabilityPoor [13]
French fry suitabilityPoor [13]
Starch contentMedium [9]
TasteGood [2, 9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium coeruleum)Very low to low [13]
Resistance to late blight on foliageLow [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Low [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubersLow [9]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)Low [13]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9, 13]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Low [9]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusLow [13] Low to medium [9]
Resistance to potato virus ALow [9] Very high [13]
Resistance to potato virus XLow [9, 13]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Low [13] Low to medium [9]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera pallida race 1Low [13]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [2, 9, 13]


Source:
[2] Arche Noah, AUSTRIA 2005
[5] Centro Interprovinciale di Sperimentazione Ag, ITALY 2005
[6] Potato Research Institute, CZECH REPUBLIC 2010
[7] Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry, IRELAND 2005
[9] Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), GERMANY 2005
[13] SASA, UNITED KINGDOM 2011
[35] Teagasc Crops Research Centre, IRELAND 2007















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