The European Cultivated Potato Database

 
 

King George

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. King George
Pedigree:
Breeder: 2 [9]
J.Butler, Scotter, Lincolnshire [13]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1911 [9,20]
1966 [13]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED KINGDOM [9, 13, 20]
Data sourceDEPT [7] DEU416 [9] GBR165 [13] POL IPR BON [20] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [9, 13] Part tested [20] Untested [7]
Plant material maintained asTuber [13, 23] In-vitro [9, 20]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [7, 9, 13, 20, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesVery rare [9]
Flower colourWhite [9, 13]
Flower frequencyRare to occasional [9]
Foliage coverGood [9]
Light sprout colourPink [13]
MaturityIntermediate [9] Early to intermediate [13]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [9, 13]
Tuber eye depthShallow to medium [9]
Tuber shapeOval [9] Long to oval [13]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9, 13]
Tuber skin textureSmooth to intermediate [9]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodMedium [9] Medium to long [13]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium to uniform [9]
Yield potentialMedium [23]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
Crisp suitabilityPoor [13]
French fry suitabilityPoor [13]
Starch contentMedium [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium coeruleum)Medium [13]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)Medium [13]
Resistance to late blight on foliageLow [9] Medium [23]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Low to medium [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubersLow [9] Medium [23]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)Low to medium [13]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Medium [9]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusLow [9] Medium [13]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Low to medium [9] Medium to high [13]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [9]


Source:
[7] Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry, IRELAND 2005
[9] Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), GERMANY 2005
[20] Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, POLAND 2005
[23] N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2005
[13] SASA, UNITED KINGDOM 2011















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