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Majestic

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Majestic
Pedigree: Unknown breeding line x British Queen [5,20]
Unknown breeding line x British Queen (adg,dms) [9,13]
Breeder: 9 [9]
Findlay, A., Auchtermuchty, Scotland [5,13]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1911 [9,20]
1966 [13]




ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED KINGDOM [5, 9, 13, 20]
Data sourceCPVPA [5] DEPT [7] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] GBR165 [13] IRL001 [16] POL IPR BON [20] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [13, 16] Part tested [11, 20] Untested [5, 7, 9]
Plant material maintained asTuber [5, 9, 23, 35] In-vitro [20] Tuber and in-vitro [11, 13]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 16, 20, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesRare [9] Occasional [13]
Flower colourWhite [9, 13]
Flower frequencyRare [9] Frequent [13]
Foliage coverModerate [13] Moderate to good [9]
Growth habitSpreading to semi erect [13]
Light sprout colourPink [9, 13]
MaturityIntermediate to late [9] Intermediate [13]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [9] Cream [13]
Tuber eye colourYellow [13]
Tuber eye depthShallow to medium [9] Very shallow [13]
Tuber shapeOval to long [9] Long to oval [13]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9, 13]
Tuber skin textureSmooth to intermediate [13] Smooth [9]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodMedium to long [13] Long [9]
Early harvest yield potentialMedium [9]
Internal rust spotInfrequent [9]
Resistance to external damageModerate to resistant [13] Resistant [9]
Resistance to internal bruisingHigh [9] High to very high [13]
Secondary growthVery high [9]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium to uniform [9] Uniform [13]
Tuber sizeLarge [9] Large to very large [13]
Tubers per plantFew [9] Medium to many [13]
Yield potentialMedium to high [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningSevere [9] Little to some [13]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureMealy (floury type) to fairly firm (multi-purpose type) [9, 13]
Crisp suitabilityPoor [13]
Dry matter contentMedium [13, 23]
French fry suitabilityPoor [13]
Starch contentMedium [9, 23]
TasteGood [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 [9, 13]
Resistance to gangrene (Phoma foveata)Low [9, 13]
Resistance to late blight on foliageLow [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Low to medium [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubersHigh [9]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)Low to medium [13]
Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea)High [9]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9, 13]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.)Low [9, 13]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Very low to low [13] Low [9]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusMedium [9] Medium to high [13]
Resistance to potato virus ALow [9] High [13]
Resistance to potato virus XLow [9, 13]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Low [13] Medium [9]
Resistance to tobacco rattle virusLow to medium [9] High to very high [13]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [9]
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS
Drought resistanceHigh to very high [13]


The following sources maintain more than one accession of the variety Majestic:
Source Accession no. Recorded variations
236595none
234752none

Source:
[5] Centro Interprovinciale di Sperimentazione Ag, ITALY 2005
[7] Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry, IRELAND 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
[13] SASA, UNITED KINGDOM 2011
[35] Teagasc Crops Research Centre, IRELAND 2007















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