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Epicure

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Epicure
Pedigree: Magnum Bonum x Early Regent [5,9,13,20]
Breeder: Biologische Reichsanstalt Berlin-Dahlem [9]
Clarke, J., Christchurch, Hampshire, UK [13]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1897 [9,20]
1966 [13]




ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED KINGDOM [5, 9, 13, 20]
Data sourceCPVPA [5] DEPT [7] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] GBR165 [13] IRL001 [16] POL IPR BON [20]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [5, 7, 9, 13] Part tested [11, 20] Untested [16]
Plant material maintained asTuber [35] In-vitro [5, 11, 20] Tuber and in-vitro [9, 13]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 16, 20]
Test conditionsNon organic [13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesNo berries [13] Very rare [9]
Flower colourWhite [9, 13]
Flower frequencyRare [9, 13]
Foliage coverModerate [9, 13]
Growth habitSemi erect to erect [13]
Light sprout colourPink [13]
MaturityVery early [9, 13]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [9, 13]
Tuber eye colourYellow [13]
Tuber eye depthVery deep [13] Deep [9]
Tuber shapeRound [9, 13]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9, 13]
Tuber skin textureIntermediate [13]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodShort to medium [9] Medium to long [13]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium [13]
Tuber sizeLarge [9]
Yield potentialHigh to very high [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningTrace [9] None to trace [13]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureFirm (salad type) [9]
Crisp suitabilityPoor [13]
Dry matter contentMedium [13]
French fry suitabilityPoor [13]
Starch contentLow [9]
TasteModerate to good [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium coeruleum)High to very high [13]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)High to very high [9, 13]
Resistance to gangrene (Phoma foveata)Low [9, 13]
Resistance to late blight on foliageLow to medium [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Low to medium [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubersLow to medium [9]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)Low to medium [13]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Susceptible [13] Field immune [9]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.)Low [13] Low to medium [9]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Very low to low [13] Low [9]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusMedium to high [9, 13]
Resistance to potato virus ALow [9] Very high [13]
Resistance to potato virus MVery low [9]
Resistance to potato virus XLow [9] High [13]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Low [9, 13]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [9]


Source:
[5] Centro Interprovinciale di Sperimentazione Ag, ITALY 2005
[7] Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry, IRELAND 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
[13] SASA, UNITED KINGDOM 2011
[35] Teagasc Crops Research Centre, IRELAND 2007















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