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Cherokee

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Cherokee
Pedigree: USDA X96 56 x USDA X528 170 [8,9,20]
Breeder: Georg Heinhold, von Kameke (vormals Grabau, Streckenthin) [9]
Breeder's rights:
Synonyms:
National list: 1951 [8,9,20]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED STATES [8, 9, 20]
Data sourceDEU001 [8] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] IRL001 [16] POL IPR BON [20] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsPart tested [8, 20] Infected [11] Untested [9, 16]
Plant material maintained asTuber [9, 23, 35] In-vitro [11, 20] Cryopreservation [8]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [8, 9, 11, 16, 20, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [8]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesRare to occasional [9]
Flower colourWhite [9]
Flower frequencyOccasional to frequent [9]
Foliage coverModerate to good [9]
MaturityIntermediate [8, 9]
Pollen fertilityLow [23]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [9]
Tuber eye depthMedium [8] Shallow to medium [9]
Tuber shapeOval to round [8, 9]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9]
Tuber skin textureVery smooth to smooth [9]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Tuber shape uniformityMedium to uniform [9]
Tuber sizeLarge [9]
Yield potentialHigh [9, 23]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
Dry matter contentMedium [23]
Starch contentMedium [23] Medium to high [8, 9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Resistance to late blight on foliageMedium [23] High [9] Very high [8]
Resistance to late blight on tubersHigh [9] Very high [8]
Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea)Very high [8]
Susceptibility to wart racesRace 1 [8]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Susceptible [8, 9]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)High [9]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato virus AHigh [8] Very high [9]
Resistance to potato virus MHigh [9]
Resistance to potato virus XVery low [8]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [9]


The following sources maintain more than one accession of the variety Cherokee:
Source Accession no. Recorded variations
236522none
232364none

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















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