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Craigs Defiance

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Craigs Defiance
Pedigree:
Breeder: Scottish Society for Research in Plant Breeding [13]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1938 [8]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED KINGDOM [8, 13]
Data sourceDEPT [7] DEU001 [8] FRA179 [11] GBR165 [13] IRL001 [16]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [7, 13] Part tested [8, 11] Untested [16]
Plant material maintained asTuber [13, 35] In-vitro [8, 11]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [7, 8, 11, 13, 16]
Test conditionsNon organic [8, 13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
Flower colourRed violet [13]
Light sprout colourPink [13]
MaturityIntermediate [8, 13]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [8, 13]
Tuber eye depthShallow [8]
Tuber shapeOval [8] Long to oval [13]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [13]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Storage abilityGood [8]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
Starch contentLow [8]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Resistance to late blight on foliageMedium [8]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Low [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubersMedium [8]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)High [13]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato virus AVery high [8]
Resistance to potato virus XVery high [8]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Low to medium [8]


Source:
[7] Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry, IRELAND 2005
[8] Federal Research Centre of Agriculture, GERMANY 2005
[11] INRA, FRANCE 2005
[13] SASA, UNITED KINGDOM 2005
[35] Teagasc Crops Research Centre, IRELAND 2007















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