The European Cultivated Potato Database

 
 

Forte

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Forte
Pedigree: Cara x A34 4 [13]
Breeder: 7 [9]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1967 [9,20]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originGERMANY [9, 20] UNITED KINGDOM [13]
Data sourceDEU416 [9] GBR165 [13] POL IPR BON [20] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [9] Part tested [20] Infected [13]
Plant material maintained asTuber [23] In-vitro [9, 20] No longer maintained [13]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [9, 13, 20, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
Flower colourRed violet [9, 13]
Flower frequencyRare [13] Occasional [9]
Foliage coverModerate [13] Good [9]
Growth habitSemi erect to erect [13]
Light sprout colourPink [9]
MaturityLate [9] Intermediate [13]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourCream [9]
Tuber eye depthShallow [9]
Tuber shapeVery long [9]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Tuber shape uniformityMedium to uniform [9]
Yield potentialHigh [9, 23]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureFirm (salad type) [9]
Dry matter contentMedium [23]
Starch contentHigh [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9] Race 2 [9] Race 6 [9] Race 8 [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageMedium [23] High [9]
Resistance to late blight on tubersHigh [9, 23]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusMedium to high [9]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Medium [9]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [9]


Source:
[9] Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), GERMANY 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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