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Edgecote Purple

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Edgecote Purple
Pedigree:
Breeder:
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: before 1916 [9]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED KINGDOM [9, 13]
Data sourceARCHE NOAH [2] DEPT [7] DEU416 [9] GBR017 [12] GBR165 [13]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [13] Part tested [9] Untested [2, 7]
Plant material maintained asTuber [2] In-vitro [9] Tuber and in-vitro [13]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [2, 7, 9, 12, 13]
Test conditionsOrganic [2, 12] Non organic [13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
Flower colourWhite [9, 12, 13]
Flower frequencyOccasional to frequent [12]
Foliage coverGood [12]
Growth habitErect to very erect [12]
Light sprout colourBlue [2, 9, 13]
MaturityIntermediate to late [9] Intermediate [12, 13]
Stolon lengthVery short [12]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourLight yellow [2, 9, 13] Deep yellow [12]
Tuber eye colourBlue [2]
Tuber eye depthShallow [2] Very shallow to shallow [12]
Tuber shapeOval [12] Oval to long [2, 9] Long to oval [13]
Tuber skin colourBlue [2, 9, 13]
Tuber skin textureSmooth [2] Very smooth [12]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodMedium [9]
Tuber shape uniformityUniform [2, 12]
Tuber sizeMedium [12] Medium to large [2]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningLittle to some [2]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureFairly firm (multi-purpose type) [2]
TasteGood [2]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Resistance to late blight on foliageHigh [12]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Low to medium [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubersLow to medium [12]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)Low to medium [13]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [2]


Source:
[2] Arche Noah, AUSTRIA 2005
[7] Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry, IRELAND 2005
[9] Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), GERMANY 2005
[12] Henry Doubleday Research Association (HDRA), UNITED KINGDOM 2005
[13] SASA, UNITED KINGDOM 2009















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