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Pentland Meteor

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Pentland Meteor
Pedigree: 2693abc(2) x 2749c(12) [9,13]
Breeder: Paulsen & Hölscher Kartoffelzucht [9]
SSRPB, Pentlandfield, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland [13]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1970 [9,13]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED KINGDOM [9, 13]
Data sourceDEU416 [9] GBR165 [13] IRL001 [16] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [13] Part tested [9] Untested [16]
Plant material maintained asTuber [23, 35] In-vitro [9] Tuber and in-vitro [13]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [9, 13, 16, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesRare [9]
Flower colourWhite [9]
Flower frequencyVery rare [13] Rare [9]
Foliage coverModerate [9]
Light sprout colourPink [13]
MaturityEarly [9] Very early [13]
Pollen fertilityVery high [23]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [9] Cream [13]
Tuber eye colourYellow [13]
Tuber eye depthShallow [9, 13]
Tuber shapeOval [9, 13]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9, 13]
Tuber skin textureSmooth to intermediate [9] Smooth [13]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodLong [9]
Resistance to external damageResistant [9]
Tuber sizeLarge [9]
Tubers per plantMedium [9]
Yield potentialMedium [23] Very high [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningTrace [9, 13]
Dry matter contentLow [13]
Starch contentMedium [9, 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 [13] High [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageLow [9] Medium [23]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)High [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubersLow [9] Medium [23]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)Low [13]
Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea)Medium [9]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9, 13]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Low to medium [13] High [9]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusMedium [9, 13]
Resistance to potato virus AHigh [13] Very high [9]
Resistance to potato virus BHigh [13]
Resistance to potato virus CMedium to high [13]
Resistance to potato virus XHigh to very high [13] Very high [9]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Medium [13] High [9]
Resistance to tobacco rattle virusLow [9]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera pallida race 1Low [13]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1High [9, 13]


Source:
[9] Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), GERMANY 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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