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May Queen

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. May Queen
Pedigree: Herald x S. rybinii [9]
Breeder: Ragis Kartoffelzucht- und Handelsgesellschaft mbH [9]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1890 [20]
1900 [8,9]
1966 [13]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED KINGDOM [8, 9, 13, 20]
Data sourceDEPT [7] DEU001 [8] DEU416 [9] GBR165 [13] POL IPR BON [20] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [7, 9, 13] Part tested [20] Untested [8]
Plant material maintained asTuber [23] In-vitro [8, 20] Tuber and in-vitro [9] No longer maintained [13]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [7, 8, 9, 13, 20, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [8, 13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesVery rare [9]
Flower frequencyRare [9]
Foliage coverModerate to good [9]
Light sprout colourBlue [13]
MaturityEarly [9] Very early [13]
Pollen fertilityModerate [23]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [9, 13]
Tuber eye depthShallow to medium [9]
Tuber shapeLong to oval [13]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9, 13]
Tuber skin textureIntermediate [9]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Tuber shape uniformityMedium to uniform [9]
Yield potentialMedium [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
Starch contentLow [9]
TasteModerate to good [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)Low [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageHigh [23]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Very low to low [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubersVery low [9] Medium [23]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)Low [13]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Susceptible [9]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Low to medium [9]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusLow [9]
Resistance to potato virus ALow [9]
Resistance to potato virus MLow [9]
Resistance to potato virus XMedium [9]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Low [9]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [9]
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS
Frost resistanceMedium [23]


Source:
[7] Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry, IRELAND 2005
[8] Federal Research Centre of Agriculture, GERMANY 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 2010















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