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Kastor

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Kastor
Pedigree: Capella x Baltyk [6,8,9,20]
Breeder: 100 [9]
Breeder's rights:
Synonyms:
National list: 1962 [8,9,20]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originGERMANY [6, 8, 9, 20]
Data sourceCZEHBROD [6] DEU001 [8] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] POL IPR BON [20] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsPart tested [9, 11, 20] Infected [6] Untested [8]
Plant material maintained asTuber [23] In-vitro [6, 8, 11] Tuber and in-vitro [9, 20]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [6, 8, 9, 11, 20, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [6, 8]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesVery rare [9]
Flower colourRed violet [9]
Flower frequencyOccasional [9]
Foliage coverGood [9]
Growth habitErect [9]
Light sprout colourPink [9]
MaturityIntermediate [9]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourLight yellow [9]
Tuber eye depthMedium [9]
Tuber shapeOval to round [9]
Tuber skin colourRed [9]
Tuber skin textureIntermediate [9]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodLong [9]
Hollow heart tendencyLow [9]
Internal rust spotMedium to frequent [9]
Resistance to external damageSusceptible [9]
Resistance to internal bruisingHigh [9]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium to uniform [9]
Tuber sizeMedium to large [9]
Yield potentialMedium [9] High [23]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
Dry matter contentMedium [23]
Starch contentVery low to low [23] High [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)Medium to high [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageMedium [9, 23]
Resistance to late blight on tubersMedium [9, 23]
Resistance to stem canker (Rhizoctonia solani)Medium [9]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to bacterial soft rot (Erwinia spp.)Low [9]
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.)Medium [9]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Medium to high [9]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusLow to medium [9]
Resistance to potato virus MMedium [9]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)High [9]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [9]


Source:
[6] Potato Research Institute, CZECH REPUBLIC 2010
[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
[20] Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, POLAND 2005
[23] N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2005















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