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Marion

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Marion
Pedigree: Marijke x 318/57 [8,20]
Marijke x 318/57 (adg,dms) [9]
Breeder: Wolf Lange [9]
Breeder's rights:
Synonyms:
National list: 1974 [8,9,20]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originGERMANY [8, 9, 20]
Data sourceDEU001 [8] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] POL IPR BON [20] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsPart tested [8, 9, 11, 20]
Plant material maintained asTuber [9, 11, 23] In-vitro [8, 20]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [8, 9, 11, 20, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [8]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
Flower frequencyNo flowers [9]
Foliage coverGood [9]
MaturityEarly [8, 9]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourLight yellow [9] Yellow [8]
Tuber eye depthShallow to medium [8, 9]
Tuber shapeOval [8, 9]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [8, 9]
Tuber skin textureVery smooth to smooth [9]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodMedium [9]
Growth crackingLow [9]
Hollow heart tendencyLow [9]
Internal rust spotInfrequent [8, 9]
Resistance to external damageResistant [9]
Secondary growthLow [9]
Storage abilityModerate [8]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium to uniform [9]
Tuber sizeMedium [9]
Tubers per plantMany [9]
Yield potentialMedium [23] Medium to high [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningTrace [9]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureFairly firm (multi-purpose type) [9]
Dry matter contentMedium [23]
Enzymic browningLittle [9]
Starch contentLow to medium [8, 9]
TasteGood [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageLow to medium [8, 9] High [23]
Resistance to late blight on tubersMedium [8, 9, 23]
Resistance to stem canker (Rhizoctonia solani)High [9]
Susceptibility to wart racesRace 1 [8]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Susceptible [8] Field immune [9]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.)High [8, 9]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Medium to high [9]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusMedium to high [8, 9]
Resistance to potato virus AVery high [9]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)High to very high [9] Very high [8]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1High [8, 9]
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS
Frost resistanceMedium [23]


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
[20] Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, POLAND 2005
[23] N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2005















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