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Rhona

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Rhona
Pedigree: 2895 fg 6 x Pentland Ivory [13]
Breeder: SCRI, Pentlandfield, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland [13]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1985 [13]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED KINGDOM [13]
Data sourceGBR165 [13]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [13]
Plant material maintained asTuber [13]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [13]
Test conditionsNon organic [13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesNo berries [13]
Flower colourWhite [13]
Foliage coverModerate [13]
Growth habitSpreading [13]
Light sprout colourPink [13]
MaturityIntermediate [13]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourCream [13]
Tuber eye colourYellow [13]
Tuber eye depthShallow [13]
Tuber shapeOval [13]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [13]
Tuber skin textureSmooth [13]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Resistance to external damageModerate to resistant [13]
Resistance to internal bruisingMedium [13]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningSome to severe [13]
Dry matter contentMedium to high [13]
Frying colourMedium to dark [13]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium coeruleum)Low to medium [13]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)Low to medium [13]
Resistance to gangrene (Phoma foveata)Medium to high [13]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Low to medium [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)Medium to high [13]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [13]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)High [13]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusLow to medium [13]
Resistance to potato virus AHigh [13]
Resistance to potato virus BMedium to high [13]
Resistance to potato virus CLow [13]
Resistance to potato virus XHigh [13]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Very low to low [13]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera pallida race 1Low [13]
Resistance to Globodera pallida race 2Low [13]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [13]


Source:
[13] SASA, UNITED KINGDOM 2011















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