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Cayuga

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Cayuga
Pedigree: Hindenburg x Katahdin [6,8,9,20]
Breeder: Asche-Saatzucht [9]
Breeder's rights:
Synonyms:
National list: 1946 [8,9,20]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED STATES [6, 8, 9, 20]
Data sourceCZEHBROD [6] DEU001 [8] DEU416 [9] POL IPR BON [20] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [9] Part tested [8, 20] Infected [6]
Plant material maintained asTuber [23] In-vitro [6, 9, 20] Cryopreservation [8]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [6, 8, 9, 20, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [6, 8]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
Flower colourRed violet [9]
Flower frequencyOccasional to frequent [9]
Foliage coverModerate to good [9]
MaturityIntermediate to late [8, 9]
Pollen fertilityHigh [23]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [9]
Tuber eye depthShallow [8, 9]
Tuber shapeOval [8, 9]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9]
Tuber skin textureRough [9]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Tuber shape uniformityUniform [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
Starch contentLow [8]
TasteExcellent [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageMedium [23] Medium to high [9] High [8]
Resistance to late blight on tubersMedium to high [9] High [8, 23]
Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea)High to very high [8]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)High [9]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusLow to medium [8]
Resistance to potato virus AHigh [8]
Resistance to potato virus XHigh [8]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)High [8]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [9]
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS
Frost resistanceMedium [23]


Source:
[6] Potato Research Institute, CZECH REPUBLIC 2010
[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
[23] N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2005















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