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Houma

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Houma
Pedigree: Charles Downing x Katahdin [8,9]
Breeder: Kartoffelzucht Böhm [9]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1936 [8,9]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED STATES [8, 9, 13]
Data sourceDEU001 [8] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] GBR165 [13]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsPart tested [8] Infected [11, 13] Untested [9]
Plant material maintained asTuber [9, 13] In-vitro [8, 11]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [8, 9, 11, 13]
Test conditionsNon organic [8, 13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesNo berries [9]
Flower colourWhite [9, 13]
Flower frequencyOccasional to frequent [9]
Foliage coverGood [9]
Light sprout colourPink [13]
MaturityLate [9] Intermediate [8, 13]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [9, 13]
Tuber eye depthMedium [8] Shallow to medium [9]
Tuber shapeOval to round [8, 9, 13]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9, 13]
Tuber skin textureVery smooth to smooth [9]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Tuber shape uniformityUniform [9]
Tuber sizeMedium to large [9]
Yield potentialMedium to high [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningTrace [9]
Starch contentLow [9] Low to medium [8]
TasteModerate to good [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)High [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageLow to medium [8, 9]
Resistance to late blight on tubersLow to medium [8, 9]
Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea)Low to medium [8]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Low to medium [9]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusHigh [9] Very high [8]
Resistance to potato virus AHigh [9] Very high [8]
Resistance to potato virus XVery low [8] High [9]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [9]
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS
Drought resistanceHigh [9]


Source:
[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
[13] SASA, UNITED KINGDOM 2005















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