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Craigs Royal

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Craigs Royal
Pedigree: Craigs Defiance x Gladstone [8,9,13]
Breeder: 6 [9]
Scottish Society for Research in Plant Breeding [13]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1947 [9]
1948 [8]
1966 [13]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED KINGDOM [8, 9, 13]
Data sourceDEPT [7] DEU001 [8] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] GBR165 [13] IRL001 [16] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [13] Part tested [8, 9, 11] Untested [7, 16]
Plant material maintained asTuber [9, 13, 23, 35] In-vitro [8] Tuber and in-vitro [11]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 16, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [8, 13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesVery rare [9]
Flower colourRed violet [9, 13]
Flower frequencyRare to occasional [9]
Foliage coverPoor [13] Moderate to good [9]
Growth habitErect [13]
Light sprout colourPink [13]
MaturityIntermediate [9] Early [8, 13]
Pollen fertilitySterile [23]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [9] Cream [13] Yellow [8]
Tuber eye colourRed [13]
Tuber eye depthShallow [8, 9, 13]
Tuber shapeOval [8, 13] Long to oval [9]
Tuber skin colourPart red [8, 13]
Tuber skin textureSmooth [13]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodShort [13]
Internal rust spotFrequent [8]
Storage abilityVery good [8]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium to uniform [9] Uniform [13]
Tuber sizeMedium to large [9]
Yield potentialHigh [9] Very high [23]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningTrace to little [9] None [13]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureMealy (floury type) [9]
Dry matter contentMedium [23] High [13]
Starch contentMedium [9, 23] High [8]
TasteGood [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9] Race 2 [13]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)High [9] High to very high [13]
Resistance to gangrene (Phoma foveata)Low [9, 13]
Resistance to late blight on foliageLow [8] Low to medium [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Low [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubersLow [8] Low to medium [9]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)Low [13]
Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea)Low [8]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [8, 9, 13]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.)Medium [9, 13]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Medium [9, 13]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusLow [13] Low to medium [9] Medium [8]
Resistance to potato virus AVery low [8] Very high [9]
Resistance to potato virus XVery low [8] High [13] Very high [9]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Very low to low [9] Low [8, 13]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [8, 9]


Source:
[7] Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry, IRELAND 2005
[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
[23] N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2005
[13] SASA, UNITED KINGDOM 2005
[35] Teagasc Crops Research Centre, IRELAND 2007















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