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Pentland Crown

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Pentland Crown
Pedigree: (Pepo x Southesk) x [USDA 41956 x (Kathadin x Snowflake)] [6,9,13]
G.414=(Pepo x Southesk) x 11-79=[USDA 41956 x (Kathadin x Snowflake)] [20]
Breeder: Paulsen & Hölscher Kartoffelzucht [9]
Scottish Society for Research in Plant Breeding [13]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1958 [9,20]
1966 [13]




ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED KINGDOM [4, 6, 9, 13, 20]
Data sourceCM [4] CZEHBROD [6] DEPT [7] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] GBR165 [13] IRL001 [16] POL IPR BON [20] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [4, 7, 13, 16] Part tested [9, 11, 20] Infected [6]
Plant material maintained asTuber [4, 11, 23, 35] In-vitro [6] Tuber and in-vitro [9, 13, 20]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 16, 20, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [4, 6, 13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesNo berries [9, 13]
Flower colourWhite [9, 13]
Flower frequencyNo flowers [13] Rare [9]
Foliage coverPoor [13] Good [9]
Growth habitErect [9] Semi erect [13]
Light sprout colourPink [13]
MaturityIntermediate to late [9, 13] Early to intermediate [4]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [4, 9] Light yellow [13]
Tuber eye colourYellow [13]
Tuber eye depthShallow [4, 9, 13]
Tuber shapeOval [4, 13] Oval to long [9]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [4, 9, 13]
Tuber skin textureIntermediate to rough [9] Smooth to intermediate [13]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodMedium [9, 13]
Internal rust spotFrequent [9]
Resistance to external damageSusceptible to moderate [9]
Secondary growthLow [9]
Tuber shape uniformityUniform [9, 13]
Tuber sizeMedium to large [9] Very large [13]
Tubers per plantMedium [9] Many [13]
Yield potentialHigh to very high [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningSome [9] Trace [13]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureMealy (floury type) to fairly firm (multi-purpose type) [9]
Crisp suitabilityPoor [13] Good [9]
Dry matter contentMedium [13]
French fry suitabilityPoor [13] Good [9]
Starch contentMedium [9, 23]
TasteGood [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium coeruleum)Low to medium [13]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)Low to medium [13] Medium [9]
Resistance to gangrene (Phoma foveata)Low [9] Medium [13]
Resistance to late blight on foliageLow [23] Medium [4, 9] High [23]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Low [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubersMedium [9] Medium to high [4] High [23]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)Low [13]
Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea)Very low [9]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9, 13]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.)Medium to high [9]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)High [4, 9] High to very high [13]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusHigh [4, 9, 13]
Resistance to potato virus ALow [9]
Resistance to potato virus XLow [9, 13]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)High [9, 13] Very high [4]
Resistance to tobacco rattle virusLow [9]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [9]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 5Very low to low [4]
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS
Drought resistanceHigh [9]
Frost resistanceHigh [23]


The following sources maintain more than one accession of the variety Pentland Crown:
Source Accession no. Recorded variations
234757none
2319851Resistance to late blight = 3

Source:
[4] C. Meijer B.V, NETHERLANDS 2005
[6] Potato Research Institute, CZECH REPUBLIC 2010
[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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