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Escort

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Escort
Pedigree: Rental x Cebeco 64 197 16 [5,11,14,18,19,20]
Rental x Cebeco 64 197 16 (dms) [6,9,13]
Breeder: Cebeco Handelsraad, Postbus 182, Rotterdam [5,11,13,14,19]
Josef Krafft [9]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1981 [2,9,11,20]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originNETHERLANDS [2, 5, 6, 9, 11, 13, 14, 18, 20]
Data sourceARCHE NOAH [2] CPVPA [5] CZEHBROD [6] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] GBR165 [13] HUN052 [14] NEIKER [18] NIVAA [19] POL IPR BON [20] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [13] Part tested [11, 14, 20] Infected [2, 6] Untested [5, 9]
Plant material maintained asTuber [5, 9, 18] In-vitro [6, 14, 20] Tuber and in-vitro [11, 13]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [2, 5, 6, 9, 11, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 23]
Test conditionsOrganic [2] Non organic [6, 13, 14]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesRare [9, 13] Rare to occasional [19]
Flower colourWhite [9, 13, 14, 19]
Flower frequencyRare to occasional [13] Occasional [9] Occasional to frequent [19] Frequent to very frequent [14]
Foliage coverModerate to good [14] Good [9, 13, 19]
Growth habitErect [14] Semi erect [9, 13] Spreading to semi erect [19]
Light sprout colourPink [2, 9, 13, 19]
MaturityIntermediate to late [9] Intermediate [13] Early to intermediate [11, 14, 19] Early [18]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourCream [13] Light yellow [2, 9, 19] Yellow [11, 14, 18]
Tuber eye colourYellow [2, 13, 19]
Tuber eye depthShallow to medium [9, 13] Shallow [2, 11, 14, 19]
Tuber shapeOval to round [11, 13, 19] Oval [2, 9, 14, 18]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [2, 9, 11, 13, 14, 18, 19]
Tuber skin textureSmooth to intermediate [2, 13, 14] Smooth [19]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodLong [9] Long to very long [13, 19]
Early harvest yield potentialVery high [19]
Hollow heart tendencyLow [9]
Internal rust spotInfrequent to medium [9] Infrequent [11]
Resistance to external damageResistant [9, 13, 19]
Resistance to internal bruisingHigh [9] High to very high [13, 19]
Secondary growthLow to medium [9] Very low to low [19]
Storage abilityGood [11]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium to uniform [2, 9] Uniform [13, 14, 19]
Tuber sizeLarge [9, 11, 14, 18, 19] Large to very large [2, 13]
Tubers per plantMany [9] Many to very many [13, 19]
Yield potentialHigh [18] High to very high [14] Very high [9, 19]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningSevere [2] Trace [9, 14, 19] None to trace [13]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureFirm (salad type) [2] Fairly firm (multi-purpose type) [11, 14] Mealy (floury type) to fairly firm (multi-purpose type) [9, 13, 19]
Crisp suitabilityPoor [13, 19] Moderate [18] Moderate to good [9]
Dry matter contentMedium [11] Medium to high [13, 19] High [14, 18]
French fry suitabilityPoor [13, 19] Moderate [18] Good [9, 14]
Frying colourMedium [13] Pale [14]
Starch contentMedium [9, 18] High [14]
TasteModerate to good [2, 9, 19] Good [13]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9, 19]
Resistance to late blight on foliageMedium to high [14] High [9, 11, 18]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Artificial inoculum in the field)Medium to high [13] High [19]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Medium to high [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubersHigh [9, 11, 14, 18]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Artificial inoculum in the field)High [19]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)High [13]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9, 11, 13, 14, 19]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Low [18] Low to medium [9] Medium [11, 13, 14, 19]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusLow [18] Medium [13, 14] Medium to high [9] High [2, 11, 19]
Resistance to potato virus AHigh [2, 9, 18] High to very high [13, 14, 19]
Resistance to potato virus MHigh [2]
Resistance to potato virus SLow [2]
Resistance to potato virus XLow to medium [9] Medium [13, 18, 19] Medium to high [14] High [2]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Very low [2] Medium [13, 14] Medium to high [11] High to very high [19]
Resistance to potato virus YNMedium [18] High [9]
Resistance to tobacco rattle virusHigh [13]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [9, 14, 19]
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS
Drought resistanceHigh [9] High to very high [13, 19]


Source:
[2] Arche Noah, AUSTRIA 2005
[5] Centro Interprovinciale di Sperimentazione Ag, ITALY 2005
[6] Potato Research Institute, CZECH REPUBLIC 2010
[9] Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), GERMANY 2005
[11] INRA, FRANCE 2005
[14] Pannon University , HUNGARY 2005
[18] NEIKER-Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Des, SPAIN 2005
[19] Nederlands Potato Consultative Foundation (NIVAP), NETHERLANDS 2005
[20] Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, POLAND 2005
[23] N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2005
[13] SASA, UNITED KINGDOM 2009















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