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Proton

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Proton
Pedigree: Prevalent x SVP 60-179 [8,9,20]
Breeder: C. Raddatz-Hufenberg [9]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1971 [8,9]
1972 [20]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originNETHERLANDS [8, 9, 13, 20]
Data sourceAR [1] DEU001 [8] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] GBR165 [13] POL IPR BON [20] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [1] Part tested [8, 11, 20] Infected [13] Untested [9]
Plant material maintained asTuber [1, 9, 13, 23] In-vitro [11, 20] Cryopreservation [8]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [1, 8, 9, 11, 13, 20, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [1, 8, 13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesNo berries [9]
Flower frequencyOccasional [9]
Foliage coverGood to dense [9]
Light sprout colourPink [13]
MaturityVery late [8, 9] Intermediate [13]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourLight yellow [9, 13] Yellow [8]
Tuber eye depthMedium [8, 9]
Tuber shapeOval to round [8, 9, 13]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9, 13]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Internal rust spotMedium [9]
Resistance to external damageModerate [9]
Resistance to internal bruisingVery low to low [9]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium [9]
Tuber sizeMedium to large [9]
Yield potentialMedium [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningTrace [9]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureMealy (floury type) to fairly firm (multi-purpose type) [9]
Protein contentMedium [23]
Starch contentMedium [23] High to very high [9] Very high [8]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageMedium to high [8, 9] High [23]
Resistance to late blight on tubersHigh [8, 9, 23]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Medium [9]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusLow to medium [8, 9]
Resistance to potato virus AVery high [9]
Resistance to potato virus XHigh [9]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Low [9] Low to medium [8]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera pallida race 2Very low [8] High [9]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1High [8, 9]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 2High [9]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 3High [9]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 5High [8]


Source:
[1] Agrico Research, NETHERLANDS 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
[20] Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, POLAND 2005
[23] N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2005
[13] SASA, UNITED KINGDOM 2005















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