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Great Scot

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Great Scot
Pedigree: Imperator x Champion [6,8,9,13,20]
Breeder: E.Miles, Mickleholm [13]
Saatzucht Lange [9]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1909 [8,9,20]
1966 [13]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED KINGDOM [6, 8, 9, 13, 20]
Data sourceCZEHBROD [6] DEPT [7] DEU001 [8] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] GBR017 [12] GBR165 [13] IRL001 [16] POL IPR BON [20] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [9, 13, 16] Part tested [8, 20] Infected [6, 11] Untested [7]
Plant material maintained asTuber [13, 23, 35] In-vitro [6, 8, 11, 20] In-vitro and cryopreservation [9]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 16, 20, 23]
Test conditionsOrganic [12] Non organic [6, 8, 13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesVery rare [9] Rare [13]
Flower colourWhite [9, 13]
Flower frequencyRare [9, 13]
Foliage coverPoor to moderate [13] Moderate [9] Moderate to good [12]
Growth habitErect [12] Spreading [13]
Light sprout colourPink [13]
MaturityIntermediate [8, 9, 12, 13]
Stolon lengthVery short [12]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [13] Cream [9, 12] Light yellow [8]
Tuber eye colourYellow [13]
Tuber eye depthDeep [8] Medium to deep [9] Medium [13] Shallow [12]
Tuber shapeRound [8, 13] Oval to round [9, 12]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [8, 9, 12, 13]
Tuber skin textureSmooth to intermediate [13] Smooth [12]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodMedium to long [9] Long [13]
Storage abilityPoor to moderate [8]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium to uniform [9, 12] Uniform [13]
Tuber sizeMedium [12] Medium to large [9]
Yield potentialMedium [23] High [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningLittle [9] Trace [13]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureMealy (floury type) to fairly firm (multi-purpose type) [9]
Crisp suitabilityPoor [13]
Dry matter contentMedium [13, 23]
French fry suitabilityPoor [13]
Starch contentLow [9] Medium [8]
TasteModerate [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9] Race 2 [13]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)High to very high [13] Very high [9]
Resistance to gangrene (Phoma foveata)Medium [9, 13]
Resistance to late blight on foliageLow [8, 9] Medium [12, 23]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Low [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubersLow [8, 9, 12] Medium [23]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)Low [13]
Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea)Medium [8]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [8, 9, 13]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.)Medium to high [13]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Medium [9] High [13]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusLow [13] Low to medium [8, 9]
Resistance to potato virus AVery low [8] Low [9]
Resistance to potato virus XLow [8, 9] Medium to high [13]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Low [8, 13] Low to medium [9]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [8, 9] High [13]


Source:
[6] Potato Research Institute, CZECH REPUBLIC 2010
[7] Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry, IRELAND 2005
[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
[12] Henry Doubleday Research Association (HDRA), UNITED KINGDOM 2005
[20] Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, POLAND 2005
[23] N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2005
[13] SASA, UNITED KINGDOM 2005
[35] Teagasc Crops Research Centre, IRELAND 2007















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