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Red Craigs Royal

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Red Craigs Royal
Pedigree: Variant of Craigs Royal (adg,dms) [9,13]
Breeder: J.Marshall, Dunning, Scotland [13]
Pflanzenzucht Saka [9]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1957 [9]
1966 [13]


ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED KINGDOM [9, 13]
Data sourceDEPT [7] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] GBR165 [13] IRL001 [16] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [13, 16] Part tested [9, 11] Untested [7]
Plant material maintained asTuber [9, 23, 35] In-vitro [11] Tuber and in-vitro [13]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [7, 9, 11, 13, 16, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesNo berries [13] Very rare [9]
Flower colourRed violet [9, 13]
Flower frequencyNo flowers [13] Rare [9]
Foliage coverModerate [13] Moderate to good [9]
Growth habitSemi erect [13]
Light sprout colourPink [13]
MaturityEarly to intermediate [9, 13]
Pollen fertilityHigh [23]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [9, 13]
Tuber eye colourRed [13]
Tuber eye depthShallow [9] Very shallow [13]
Tuber shapeOval [9, 13]
Tuber skin colourRed [9, 13]
Tuber skin textureSmooth [13]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodVery short [9] Short to medium [13]
Internal rust spotFrequent [9]
Resistance to external damageSusceptible [9]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium to uniform [9] Uniform [13]
Tuber sizeLarge [9] Very large [13]
Tubers per plantFew [9] Many [13]
Yield potentialHigh [9, 23]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningNone [13]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureMealy (floury type) to fairly firm (multi-purpose type) [9]
Crisp suitabilityPoor [13]
Dry matter contentHigh [13]
French fry suitabilityPoor [13]
Starch contentLow to medium [9]
TasteGood to excellent [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium coeruleum)High to very high [13]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)High [9] High to very high [13]
Resistance to gangrene (Phoma foveata)Low [9, 13]
Resistance to late blight on foliageLow to medium [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Low [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubersLow to medium [9]
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 [13]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Medium [9, 13]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusLow [13] Low to medium [9]
Resistance to potato virus AVery high [9, 13]
Resistance to potato virus XHigh [13] Very high [9]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Low [13] Low to medium [9]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [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
[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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