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Mentor

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Mentor
Pedigree: Maritta x Matador [8,19,20]
Maritta x Matador (adg,dms) [9]
Breeder: 47 [9]
Breeder's rights:
Synonyms:
National list: 1960 [8,9,20]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originNETHERLANDS [8, 9, 20]
Data sourceDEPT [7] DEU001 [8] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] IRL001 [16] NIVAA [19] POL IPR BON [20]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [16] Part tested [8, 11, 20] Untested [7, 9]
Plant material maintained asTuber [9, 35] In-vitro [8, 20] Tuber and in-vitro [11]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [7, 8, 9, 11, 16, 19, 20]
Test conditionsNon organic [8]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesNo berries [19] Very rare [9]
Flower colourWhite [9, 19]
Flower frequencyOccasional to frequent [9, 19]
Foliage coverModerate to good [19] Good [9]
Growth habitSpreading to semi erect [19]
Light sprout colourPink [19]
MaturityIntermediate to late [9] Intermediate [8, 19]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [8, 9, 19]
Tuber eye colourYellow [19]
Tuber eye depthMedium to deep [8, 9, 19]
Tuber shapeRound [19] Oval to round [9] Oval [8]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [8, 9, 19]
Tuber skin textureIntermediate to rough [19] Smooth [9]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodMedium to long [9]
Internal rust spotInfrequent to medium [9] Infrequent [8]
Resistance to external damageResistant [9]
Resistance to internal bruisingHigh [9] High to very high [19]
Secondary growthLow to medium [9]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium [9] Medium to uniform [19]
Tuber sizeLarge [9, 19]
Tubers per plantMany [9]
Yield potentialHigh [9] High to very high [19]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningTrace to little [9] Trace [19]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureMealy (floury type) [19] Very mealy (floury type) to mealy (floury type) [9]
Dry matter contentMedium to high [19]
Enzymic browningTrace [9]
Starch contentMedium to high [8] High [9]
TastePoor to moderate [9]
Tuber glycoalkaloidLow [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageLow [9] Medium [8]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Artificial inoculum in the field)Low to medium [19]
Resistance to late blight on tubersHigh [8, 9]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Artificial inoculum in the field)High to very high [19]
Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea)High [8]
Resistance to stem canker (Rhizoctonia solani)High [9]
Susceptibility to wart racesRace 1 [8]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Susceptible [8] Field immune [9, 19]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.)High [8, 9]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Medium to high [9] High [19]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusMedium [9] Medium to high [8, 19]
Resistance to potato virus AMedium [8] Medium to high [9] High [19]
Resistance to potato virus MMedium to high [9]
Resistance to potato virus XLow [9] Medium [19]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Very low to low [8] High [19]
Resistance to potato virus YNMedium to high [9]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [9, 19]
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS
Drought resistanceMedium to high [9]


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
[11] INRA, FRANCE 2005
[19] Nederlands Potato Consultative Foundation (NIVAP), NETHERLANDS 2005
[20] Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, POLAND 2005
[35] Teagasc Crops Research Centre, IRELAND 2007















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