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Home Guard

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Home Guard
Pedigree: Doon Pearl x Cumnock [5,9,13,20]
Breeder: 17 [9]
McGill and Smith Ltd., Ayr, Scotland [5,13]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1942 [20]
1943 [9]
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 [7, 9, 13, 16] Infected [11] Untested [5, 20]
Plant material maintained asTuber [5, 20, 35] In-vitro [11] Tuber and in-vitro [13] In-vitro and cryopreservation [9]
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 coverPoor [13] Moderate [9]
Growth habitSemi erect to erect [13]
Light sprout colourBlue [13]
MaturityVery early to early [9] Very early [13]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [9, 13]
Tuber eye colourYellow [13]
Tuber eye depthShallow [9] Very shallow [13]
Tuber shapeOval to round [13] Oval [9]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9, 13]
Tuber skin textureIntermediate to rough [13] Smooth to intermediate [9]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodShort to medium [9] Medium [13]
Early harvest yield potentialMedium to high [9]
Resistance to external damageResistant [9]
Tuber shape uniformityUniform [9, 13]
Tuber sizeSmall to medium [9] Large [13]
Tubers per plantMany [9, 13]
Yield potentialMedium to high [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningLittle to some [9] None to trace [13]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureMealy (floury type) to fairly firm (multi-purpose type) [9]
Crisp suitabilityPoor [13]
Dry matter contentLow to medium [13]
Enzymic browningNone to trace [9]
French fry suitabilityPoor [13]
Starch contentLow to medium [9]
TasteModerate to good [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)High to very high [9, 13]
Resistance to gangrene (Phoma foveata)Medium [13] Medium to high [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageLow to medium [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Low [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubersLow [9]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)Low [13]
Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea)High [9]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9, 13]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.)Low [9]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Medium [13] Medium to high [9]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusMedium [9] Medium to high [13]
Resistance to potato virus ALow [9] Very high [13]
Resistance to potato virus XLow [9, 13]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Low [9, 13]
Resistance to tobacco rattle virusHigh [9]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [9]
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS
Drought resistanceLow [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 2005
[35] Teagasc Crops Research Centre, IRELAND 2007















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