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Russet Burbank

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Russet Burbank
Pedigree: Mutant of Burbank [5,6,9,13,15,20]
Breeder: 60 [9]
L. Sweet [14]
Luther Burbank, USA [5,13,19]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Yes [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1874 [14]
1917 [9,20]

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ADMINISTRATION
Country of originNETHERLANDS [15] UNITED STATES [5, 6, 9, 13, 14, 20]
Data sourceCPVPA [5] CZEHBROD [6] DEPT [7] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] GBR165 [13] HUN052 [14] HZPC [15] NIVAA [19] POL IPR BON [20] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [9, 13, 15] Part tested [6, 11, 14, 20] Untested [5, 7]
Plant material maintained asTuber [5, 15, 23] In-vitro [6, 11, 14, 20] Tuber and in-vitro [9, 13]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [6, 13, 14, 15]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesNo berries [13, 14, 19] Rare [9]
Flower colourWhite [9, 13, 14, 15, 19]
Flower frequencyRare [13] Rare to occasional [19] Occasional to frequent [14]
Foliage coverModerate [13] Moderate to good [9] Good [15] Good to dense [14] Dense [19]
Growth habitSemi erect to erect [19] Spreading to semi erect [14] Spreading [13]
Light sprout colourPink [13, 19]
MaturityVery late [9] Late to very late [13] Late [14] Intermediate [19] Early to intermediate [15]
Pollen fertilitySterile [14] Low [9]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [9, 13, 14, 15, 19]
Tuber eye colourYellow [13, 19]
Tuber eye depthDeep [13] Medium to deep [19] Medium [14] Shallow to medium [9] Shallow [15]
Tuber shapeLong to oval [9, 13, 14, 15, 19]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9, 13, 14, 15, 19]
Tuber skin textureRusset [14] Rough [19] Intermediate [13]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodLong to very long [15]
Early harvest yield potentialMedium [9]
Growth crackingMedium [14]
Hollow heart tendencyMedium [9, 14]
Resistance to external damageSusceptible [13] Susceptible to moderate [9, 14]
Resistance to internal bruisingLow [15] Low to medium [13] High [19]
Secondary growthHigh [15] Medium to high [14]
Storage abilityGood [14] Very good [15]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium [9] Uniform [15]
Tuber sizeMedium to large [9] Large to very large [14, 19]
Tubers per plantFew [9] Few to medium [13] Many [14]
Yield potentialMedium [15] Medium to high [9] High [19] High to very high [14]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningTrace [13, 14]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureFairly firm (multi-purpose type) [14] Mealy (floury type) [13] Mealy (floury type) to fairly firm (multi-purpose type) [15]
Crisp suitabilityModerate [15]
Dry matter contentMedium to high [19] High [13, 14] Very high [15]
French fry suitabilityModerate to good [15] Good [13, 19] Good to very good [14]
Frying colourPale to medium [15] Pale [13]
Starch contentMedium [9] High [14]
TasteGood [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9, 15]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium coeruleum)Medium [13]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)Medium [13] High to very high [14]
Resistance to early blight (Alternaria solani)Medium [9]
Resistance to gangrene (Phoma foveata)Low [9, 13] High [15]
Resistance to late blight on foliageLow [9] Low to medium [14, 15] High [23]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Artificial inoculum in the field)Low to medium [19]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Low [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubersVery low [9] Low [14] Low to medium [15] Medium [23]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Artificial inoculum in the field)Low [19]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)Very low to low [13]
Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea)Medium [15]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9, 13, 14, 19]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.)Low to medium [9] High [15] High to very high [14]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)High [9, 15] High to very high [13, 14, 19]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusVery low to low [13] Low [9, 14] Low to medium [19] Medium [15]
Resistance to potato virus AVery low to low [9] Low [13]
Resistance to potato virus BLow [13]
Resistance to potato virus CMedium to high [13]
Resistance to potato virus MLow [9]
Resistance to potato virus XLow [9, 13]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Low [14] Low to medium [9, 13, 19] Medium [15]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera pallida race 1Low [13]
Resistance to Globodera pallida race 2Low [13]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Very low to low [15] Low [9, 13, 14, 19]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 5Very low to low [15]
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS
Drought resistanceLow [9] High [15]


The following sources maintain more than one accession of the variety Russet Burbank:
Source Accession no. Recorded variations
2320213none
2320201none

Source:
[5] Centro Interprovinciale di Sperimentazione Ag, ITALY 2005
[6] Potato Research Institute, CZECH REPUBLIC 2010
[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
[14] Pannon University , HUNGARY 2005
[15] HZPC B.V., NETHERLANDS 2005
[19] Nederlands Potato Consultative Foundation (NIVAP), NETHERLANDS 2005
[20] Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, POLAND 2005
[23] N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2005
[13] SASA, UNITED KINGDOM 2011















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