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Irish Cobbler

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Irish Cobbler
Pedigree: = Irish Cobbler lub Eureka [20]
Mutant of Early Rose [9,20]
Breeder:
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:(1) America [10,11,12,13,20]
National list: 1876 [2,9,20]
1900 [8]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED STATES [2, 8, 9, 13, 20]
Data sourceARCHE NOAH [2] DEPT [7] DEU001 [8] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] GBR017 [12] GBR165 [13] POL IPR BON [20] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [9, 13] Part tested [9, 20] Infected [11] Untested [2, 7, 8]
Plant material maintained asTuber [2, 9, 23] In-vitro [8, 11, 20] Tuber and in-vitro [9, 20] No longer maintained [13]
Sample statusTraditional cultivar/landrace [9] Advanced cultivar [2, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 20, 23]
Test conditionsOrganic [2, 12] Non organic [8, 13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesRare [9]
Flower colourRed violet [9, 12, 13]
Flower frequencyOccasional [9] Occasional to frequent [12]
Foliage coverModerate to good [9] Good to dense [12]
Growth habitSemi erect [12]
Light sprout colourPink [2, 13]
MaturityEarly [8, 9] Very early [12, 13]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [8, 9, 13] Cream [2, 12]
Tuber eye colourYellow [2]
Tuber eye depthDeep to very deep [8] Deep [12] Medium to deep [2, 9] Medium [9]
Tuber shapeRound [13] Oval to round [2, 8, 9, 12]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [2, 9, 12, 13]
Tuber skin textureIntermediate to rough [9] Smooth to intermediate [2] Smooth [12]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Internal rust spotVery infrequent [12]
Resistance to external damageSusceptible [9] Moderate to resistant [12]
Secondary growthVery low [2]
Tuber shape uniformity to medium [9] Medium to uniform [2] Uniform [12]
Tuber sizeMedium [12] Large [9] Large to very large [2]
Yield potentialHigh [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningSome to severe [2] Trace [9] None [12]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureFairly firm (multi-purpose type) [12] Fairly firm (multi-purpose type) to firm (salad type) [2]
Frying colourPale [12]
Starch contentLow to medium [8] Medium [9]
TasteGood [2, 9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)High [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageLow [9] High [23] High to very high [12]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Low [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubersLow to medium [9] Medium [23] Medium to high [12]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)Very low to low [13]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Susceptible [9]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Very low to low [12] Low [9]
Resistance to ring rot (Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. sepedonicus)High [9]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato virus AVery high [8, 9]
Resistance to potato virus XLow [9]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Low to medium [8, 9]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [2, 9]
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS
Drought resistanceHigh [9]


The following sources maintain more than one accession of the variety Irish Cobbler:
Source Accession no. Recorded variations
20PL244517none
20PL244049none

Source:
[2] Arche Noah, AUSTRIA 2005
[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 2009















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