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Latona

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Latona
Pedigree: Jaerla x Nicola [5,19,20]
Jearla x Nicola [6]
Breeder: G.en P. v.d Zee, ZPC [5,19]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Yes [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1994 [20]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originNETHERLANDS [5, 6, 20]
Data sourceCPVPA [5] CZEHBROD [6] GBR165 [13] NIVAA [19] POL IPR BON [20]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [13] Part tested [6, 20] Untested [5]
Plant material maintained asTuber [5, 13] In-vitro [6] Tuber and in-vitro [20]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [5, 6, 13, 19, 20]
Test conditionsNon organic [6, 13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesRare to occasional [19]
Flower colourWhite [19]
Flower frequencyOccasional to frequent [19]
Foliage coverGood [19]
Growth habitSemi erect to erect [19]
Light sprout colourPink [19]
MaturityVery early to early [19] Very early [13]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourLight yellow [19] Yellow [13]
Tuber eye colourYellow [19]
Tuber eye depthShallow to medium [19]
Tuber shapeOval [13, 19]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [19]
Tuber skin textureIntermediate [19]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Resistance to external damageResistant [13, 19]
Resistance to internal bruisingHigh [13, 19]
Secondary growthMedium [19]
Tuber shape uniformityUniform [13, 19]
Tuber sizeLarge to very large [13, 19]
Tubers per plantMedium to many [13, 19]
Yield potentialHigh [19]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningTrace [19] None to trace [13]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureFairly firm (multi-purpose type) [13, 19]
Dry matter contentMedium [19]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [19]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Artificial inoculum in the field)Low to medium [19]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Low to medium [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Artificial inoculum in the field)High [19]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)High [13]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [19]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)High [13, 19]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusMedium to high [13, 19]
Resistance to potato virus AHigh to very high [19] Very high [13]
Resistance to potato virus XVery high [13, 19]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)High to very high [19] Very high [13]
Resistance to tobacco rattle virusHigh [13]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1High [19] High to very high [13]


Source:
[5] Centro Interprovinciale di Sperimentazione Ag, ITALY 2005
[6] Potato Research Institute, CZECH REPUBLIC 2010
[19] Nederlands Potato Consultative Foundation (NIVAP), NETHERLANDS 2005
[20] Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, POLAND 2005
[13] SASA, UNITED KINGDOM 2005















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