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Dunbar Rover

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Dunbar Rover
Pedigree: Herald x Arran Consul [8,20]
Herald x Arran Consul (adg,dms) [6,9,13]
Breeder: C.T.Spence, Dunbar, Scotland [13]
Pommersche Saatzucht GmbH [9]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1936 [8,9,20]
1966 [13]




ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED KINGDOM [6, 8, 9, 13, 20]
Data sourceCZEHBROD [6] DEPT [7] DEU001 [8] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] GBR165 [13] IRL001 [16] POL IPR BON [20] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [7, 13] Part tested [8, 9, 20] Infected [6, 11] Untested [16]
Plant material maintained asTuber [23, 35] In-vitro [6, 9, 11, 20] Cryopreservation [8] Tuber and in-vitro [13]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 16, 20, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [6, 8, 13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesRare [9, 13]
Flower colourWhite [9, 13]
Flower frequencyFrequent [9] Frequent to very frequent [13]
Foliage coverPoor to moderate [13] Moderate to good [9]
Growth habitSemi erect to erect [13]
Light sprout colourPink [13]
MaturityEarly [8, 9, 13]
Pollen fertilityHigh [23]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [9, 13] Cream [8]
Tuber eye depthShallow to medium [9] Shallow [8] Very shallow to shallow [13]
Tuber shapeOval [8, 9] Long to oval [13]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [8, 9, 13]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodMedium [9] Medium to long [13]
Storage abilityModerate [8]
Yield potentialMedium to high [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
Crisp suitabilityPoor [13]
Dry matter contentHigh [23]
French fry suitabilityPoor [13]
Starch contentMedium to high [8, 9]
TasteExcellent [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)Low [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageLow [8, 9]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Low to medium [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubersLow [8, 9]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)Medium to high [13]
Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea)Medium [8]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [8, 9, 13]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Medium [9] Medium to high [13]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusMedium [8, 9] High [13]
Resistance to potato virus AVery low [8] High to very high [9] Very high [13]
Resistance to potato virus XLow [8, 13]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Low [8, 9] Medium to high [13]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [8, 9]


Source:
[6] Potato Research Institute, CZECH REPUBLIC 2010
[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
[20] Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, POLAND 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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