The European Cultivated Potato Database

 
 

Sitta

[pedigree] [parents] [similar varieties][tabulated data]
HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Sitta
Pedigree: Schwalbe x Mira (=Ora) [6,8,9]
Breeder: 120 [9]
Breeder's rights:
Synonyms:
National list: 1968 [8,9]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originGERMANY [6, 8, 9]
Data sourceCZEHBROD [6] DEU001 [8] DEU416 [9] VERN eV [22] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [9] Part tested [8] Infected [6] Untested [22]
Plant material maintained asTuber [22, 23] In-vitro [6, 8] Tuber and in-vitro [9]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [6, 8, 9, 22, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [6, 8]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesFrequent [9]
Flower colourWhite [9]
Flower frequencyOccasional to frequent [9]
Foliage coverGood [9]
Light sprout colourGreen [9]
MaturityIntermediate to late [8, 9]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourLight yellow [8, 9]
Tuber eye depthMedium [8, 9]
Tuber shapeOval to round [8, 9]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodShort [9]
Internal rust spotVery infrequent [9]
Resistance to external damageModerate [9]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium [9]
Tuber sizeMedium [9]
Yield potentialMedium to high [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningTrace [9]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureMealy (floury type) [9]
Starch contentMedium to high [8, 9]
TasteGood [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageMedium [8, 9, 23]
Resistance to late blight on tubersMedium to high [9] High [8]
Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea)High to very high [8]
Resistance to stem canker (Rhizoctonia solani)Medium to high [9]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [8, 9]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to bacterial soft rot (Erwinia spp.)Medium [9]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Medium [9]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusHigh [8, 9]
Resistance to potato virus AMedium to high [9]
Resistance to potato virus MHigh [9]
Resistance to potato virus XMedium to high [9]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Medium to high [9]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [8, 9]


The following sources maintain more than one accession of the variety Sitta:
Source Accession no. Recorded variations
239496none
239466none
239233none
2312068none

Source:
[6] Potato Research Institute, CZECH REPUBLIC 2010
[8] Federal Research Centre of Agriculture, GERMANY 2005
[9] Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), GERMANY 2005
[22] VERN e.V., GERMANY 2005
[23] N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2005















.