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Elke

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Elke
Pedigree: MPI 44 335 128 x Capella [8]
MPI 44 335 128 x Capella (adg,dms) [6,9]
Breeder: Saatzucht Lange [9]
Breeder's rights:
Synonyms:
National list: 1969 [8,9]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originGERMANY [6, 8, 9]
Data sourceCZEHBROD [6] DEU001 [8] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [9] Part tested [8, 11] Infected [6]
Plant material maintained asTuber [23] In-vitro [6, 8, 9, 11]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [6, 8, 9, 11, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [6, 8]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesRare [9]
Flower colourWhite [9]
Flower frequencyOccasional to frequent [9]
Foliage coverGood [9]
MaturityLate [8] Intermediate to late [9]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourYellow [8, 9]
Tuber eye depthShallow to medium [9] Shallow [8]
Tuber shapeOval [8, 9]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [8, 9]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodShort [9]
Internal rust spotInfrequent [8, 9]
Resistance to external damageResistant [9]
Storage abilityModerate to good [8]
Tuber shape uniformityUniform [9]
Tuber sizeMedium [9]
Yield potentialMedium to high [9] High [23]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningTrace to little [9]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureMealy (floury type) to fairly firm (multi-purpose type) [9]
Starch contentMedium [8, 9, 23]
TasteGood [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageLow [8, 9]
Resistance to late blight on tubersMedium [8, 9]
Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea)Medium to high [8]
Resistance to stem canker (Rhizoctonia solani)High [9]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [8, 9]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.)Medium [9]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Medium to high [9]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusLow [8] Low to medium [9]
Resistance to potato virus AMedium to high [9] High [8]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Medium [8, 9]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [8, 9]


Source:
[6] Potato Research Institute, CZECH REPUBLIC 2010
[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















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