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Katahdin

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Katahdin
Pedigree: USDA 40568 x USDA 24642 [6,8,9,13,14,15,20]
Breeder: Kartoffelzucht Böhm [9]
USDA [13,14]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1932 [8,9,14,20]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originNETHERLANDS [15] UNITED STATES [6, 8, 9, 13, 14, 20]
Data sourceCZEHBROD [6] DEPT [7] DEU001 [8] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] GBR165 [13] HUN052 [14] HZPC [15] IRL001 [16] POL IPR BON [20] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [13, 15] Part tested [9, 11, 14, 20] Infected [6] Untested [7, 8, 16]
Plant material maintained asTuber [9, 13, 15, 23, 35] In-vitro [6, 8, 11, 14, 20]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [6, 8, 13, 14, 15]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesOccasional to frequent [13] Frequent [9]
Flower frequencyRare to occasional [13] Occasional [9] Frequent to very frequent [14]
Foliage coverModerate to good [9] Good [14, 15]
Growth habitSemi erect [13] Spreading to semi erect [14]
Light sprout colourPink [13]
MaturityLate [14] Intermediate [9, 13] Early [15]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [9, 13, 14, 15]
Tuber eye colourYellow [13]
Tuber eye depthShallow to medium [13] Shallow [9, 14, 15]
Tuber shapeRound [13, 14] Oval to round [15] Oval [9]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9, 13, 14, 15]
Tuber skin textureSmooth to intermediate [13] Smooth [14] Very smooth to smooth [9]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodMedium to long [15]
Resistance to internal bruisingVery low [15]
Storage abilityGood [15] Good to very good [14]
Tuber shape uniformityUniform [9, 15]
Tuber sizeMedium to large [14] Large to very large [9] Very large [13]
Tubers per plantFew to medium [13]
Yield potentialMedium [15] High [9, 23]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureFairly firm (multi-purpose type) [14] Fairly firm (multi-purpose type) to firm (salad type) [15]
Dry matter contentLow to medium [13] Medium to high [14] High [15]
French fry suitabilityModerate [15]
Frying colourMedium [15]
Starch contentLow [9] Medium to high [14]
TasteModerate [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Resistance to late blight on foliageVery low to low [14] Low [9, 23] Medium to high [15]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Low to medium [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubersMedium [9, 23] Medium to high [15]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)Medium to high [13]
Resistance to stem canker (Rhizoctonia solani)Low [9]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Susceptible [9, 15]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to bacterial soft rot (Erwinia spp.)Medium [9]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Very low to low [14] Low [9] Low to medium [15]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusLow to medium [14] Medium to high [9, 13, 15]
Resistance to potato virus AHigh to very high [14] Very high [9, 13, 15]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Low to medium [14] Medium [9] High [13, 15]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Very low to low [15] Low [9]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 5High to very high [15]
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS
Drought resistanceHigh [14, 15] Very high [9, 13]


The following sources maintain more than one accession of the variety Katahdin:
Source Accession no. Recorded variations
236527none
233101none
2310563none

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
[14] Pannon University , HUNGARY 2005
[15] HZPC B.V., NETHERLANDS 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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