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Surprise

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Surprise
Pedigree: Noordeling x Libertas [17,20]
Noordeling x Libertas (tbr) [9]
Breeder: 7 [9]
Breeder's rights:
Synonyms:
National list: 1954 [9,17,20]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originNETHERLANDS [9, 17, 20]
Data sourceDEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] KAR [17] POL IPR BON [20] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [17] Part tested [9, 11, 20]
Plant material maintained asTuber [17, 23] In-vitro [11, 20] In-vitro and cryopreservation [9]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [9, 11, 17, 20, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [17]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesNo berries [17] Very rare [9]
Flower colourRed violet [9]
Flower frequencyRare [9, 17]
Foliage coverGood [9]
Light sprout colourPink [9]
MaturityLate [9] Early to intermediate [17]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourLight yellow [9] Yellow [17]
Tuber eye colourYellow [17]
Tuber eye depthShallow to medium [9] Shallow [17]
Tuber shapeOval to round [9, 17]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9, 17]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodMedium to long [9] Long [17]
Internal rust spotVery infrequent to infrequent [9]
Resistance to external damageModerate to resistant [9] Resistant [17]
Resistance to internal bruisingHigh [9, 17]
Secondary growthLow to medium [9] Low [17]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium to uniform [9] Uniform [17]
Tuber sizeMedium to large [9] Large [17]
Tubers per plantMedium to many [9] Many [17]
Yield potentialMedium [9, 17]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningTrace to little [9] Trace [17]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureMealy (floury type) [9, 17]
Dry matter contentHigh to very high [17]
Starch contentHigh [9]
TasteGood [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9, 17]
Resistance to late blight on foliageMedium to high [9] High [17]
Resistance to late blight on tubersHigh [9, 17]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.)High [9]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Medium [9] Medium to high [17]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusMedium [9] Medium to high [17]
Resistance to potato virus AMedium to high [9, 17]
Resistance to potato virus MHigh [9]
Resistance to potato virus XMedium to high [9] High [17]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)High [17]
Resistance to potato virus YNHigh [9]
Resistance to tobacco rattle virusVery high [17]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Very low to low [17] Low [9]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 5Very low to low [17]
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS
Drought resistanceMedium [9] Medium to high [17]


Source:
[9] Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), GERMANY 2005
[11] INRA, FRANCE 2005
[17] Kweekinstituut Karna, NETHERLANDS 2005
[20] Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, POLAND 2005
[23] N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2005















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