The European Cultivated Potato Database

 
 

Foxton

[pedigree] [parents] [similar varieties][tabulated data]
HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Foxton
Pedigree: Irene x Maris Piper [6,13]
Breeder: PBI Cambridge Ltd, Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge, CB2 2LQ [13]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1981 [13]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED KINGDOM [6, 13]
Data sourceARCHE NOAH [2] CZEHBROD [6] DEPT [7] FRA179 [11] GBR165 [13] IRL001 [16] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [13] Part tested [11] Infected [6] Untested [2, 7, 16]
Plant material maintained asTuber [11, 23, 35] In-vitro [6] Tuber and in-vitro [13]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [2, 6, 7, 11, 13, 16, 23]
Test conditionsOrganic [2] Non organic [6, 13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesNo berries [13]
Flower colourRed violet [13]
Flower frequencyVery rare [13]
Foliage coverGood [13]
Light sprout colourPink [2, 13]
MaturityIntermediate [13]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourYellow [13] Deep yellow [2]
Tuber eye colourRed [2, 13]
Tuber eye depthShallow [13] Very shallow to shallow [2]
Tuber shapeOval [2] Oval to long [13]
Tuber skin colourRed [2, 13]
Tuber skin textureIntermediate [13] Very smooth to smooth [2]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodMedium [13]
Resistance to external damageSusceptible to moderate [13]
Resistance to internal bruisingLow to medium [13]
Secondary growthVery low [2]
Tuber shape uniformityUniform [2]
Tuber sizeMedium to large [2] Large [13]
Tubers per plantMany to very many [13]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningLittle to some [2] Trace [13]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureFairly firm (multi-purpose type) to firm (salad type) [2]
Crisp suitabilityPoor [13]
Dry matter contentHigh [13, 23]
French fry suitabilityPoor [13]
Frying colourPale to medium [13]
TasteGood [2]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium coeruleum)High [13]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)High [13]
Resistance to gangrene (Phoma foveata)High to very high [13]
Resistance to late blight on foliageMedium [23]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Medium [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubersHigh [23]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)High [13]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [13]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Very low to low [13]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusLow [13]
Resistance to potato virus AHigh [13]
Resistance to potato virus BMedium to high [13]
Resistance to potato virus CMedium to high [13]
Resistance to potato virus XHigh [13]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)High [13]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera pallida race 1Low [13]
Resistance to Globodera pallida race 2Low [13]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [2, 13]
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS
Drought resistanceMedium [13]


Source:
[2] Arche Noah, AUSTRIA 2005
[6] Potato Research Institute, CZECH REPUBLIC 2010
[7] Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry, IRELAND 2005
[11] INRA, FRANCE 2005
[23] N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2005
[13] SASA, UNITED KINGDOM 2011
[35] Teagasc Crops Research Centre, IRELAND 2007















.