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Pentland Javelin

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Pentland Javelin
Pedigree: Craigs Royal x 2356(11) x USDA 41956 x Austr. Seedling [9,13]
Breeder: Paulsen & Hölscher Kartoffelzucht [9]
Scottish Society for Research in Plant Breeding [13]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1967 [9]
1968 [13]

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ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED KINGDOM [9, 13]
Data sourceDEPT [7] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] GBR017 [12] GBR165 [13] IRL001 [16] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [9, 13] Part tested [11] Untested [7, 16]
Plant material maintained asTuber [23, 35] In-vitro [9, 11] Tuber and in-vitro [13]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 16, 23]
Test conditionsOrganic [12] Non organic [13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesVery rare [13] Rare [9]
Flower colourWhite [9, 12, 13]
Flower frequencyNo flowers [13] Rare [9, 12]
Foliage coverModerate [12] Moderate to good [9] Good [12, 13]
Growth habitSemi erect to erect [12] Semi erect [13]
Light sprout colourPink [13]
MaturityVery early [9, 12, 13]
Stolon lengthShort to medium [12]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [9, 12, 13] Cream [12]
Tuber eye colourYellow [13]
Tuber eye depthShallow [9, 12] Very shallow [13]
Tuber shapeOval to round [12] Oval [9, 13]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9, 12, 13]
Tuber skin textureSmooth to intermediate [12] Smooth [9, 12] Very smooth [13]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodMedium to long [13] Long to very long [9]
Early harvest yield potentialLow to medium [9]
Internal rust spotVery infrequent [12]
Resistance to external damageResistant [9] Very resistant [12]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium to uniform [12] Uniform [9, 13]
Tuber sizeSmall to medium [12] Medium [9, 12] Large to very large [13]
Tubers per plantMany [9, 13]
Yield potentialMedium to high [9] High [23]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningTrace to little [13] Trace [9] None [12]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureFairly firm (multi-purpose type) [12] Mealy (floury type) to fairly firm (multi-purpose type) [9]
Crisp suitabilityPoor [13]
Dry matter contentLow to medium [13]
French fry suitabilityPoor [13]
Frying colourPale [12]
Starch contentLow to medium [9] Medium [23]
TasteGood [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium coeruleum)Low [13]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)Low [13]
Resistance to gangrene (Phoma foveata)Low to medium [13] Medium to high [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageLow to medium [12] Medium [9, 23] High to very high [12]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Low [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubersVery low to low [12] Medium [9] High [23] High to very high [12]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)Low [13]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9, 13]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.)Medium [9]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)High [9, 12, 13]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusLow [9] Medium to high [13]
Resistance to potato virus AHigh [13] Very high [9]
Resistance to potato virus XHigh [13] Very high [9]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)High [13] Very high [9]
Resistance to tobacco rattle virusVery low to low [9] Low [13]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1High [9, 13]
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS
Drought resistanceMedium [9]


Source:
[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
[12] Henry Doubleday Research Association (HDRA), UNITED KINGDOM 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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