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Mara

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Mara
Pedigree: Ehnd x 22731 [8]
Ehud x 22731 [9,20]
Breeder: 35 [9]
Breeder's rights:
Synonyms:
National list: 1972 [8]
1973 [9,20]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originNETHERLANDS [8, 9, 20]
Data sourceDEU001 [8] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] KAR [17] POL IPR BON [20] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [17] Part tested [11, 20] Untested [8, 9]
Plant material maintained asTuber [9, 17, 23] In-vitro [20] Cryopreservation [8] Tuber and in-vitro [11]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [8, 9, 11, 17, 20, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [8, 17]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesOccasional [9]
Flower colourRed violet [9]
Flower frequencyOccasional [9]
Foliage coverGood [9]
MaturityLate [9]
Pollen fertilitySterile [23]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourLight yellow [9]
Tuber eye depthShallow to medium [9]
Tuber shapeOval [9]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Internal rust spotFrequent [9]
Resistance to external damageModerate [9]
Resistance to internal bruisingLow [9]
Secondary growthLow to medium [9]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium to uniform [9]
Tuber sizeVery large [9]
Yield potentialLow [23] Medium to high [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningLittle [9]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureMealy (floury type) to fairly firm (multi-purpose type) [9]
Dry matter contentMedium [23]
Starch contentVery high [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageMedium to high [9] High [17, 23]
Resistance to late blight on tubersHigh [9, 23]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Low to medium [9]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusMedium to high [9]
Resistance to potato virus AMedium to high [9]
Resistance to potato virus MMedium to high [9]
Resistance to potato virus XMedium to high [9]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)High [9]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1High [9]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 2High [9]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 3High [9]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 5Very low to low [17]
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS
Drought resistanceHigh [9]


Source:
[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
[17] Kweekinstituut Karna, NETHERLANDS 2005
[20] Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, POLAND 2005
[23] N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2005















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