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Ulster Dale

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Ulster Dale
Pedigree: Ulster Earl x (Herald x Arran Cairn) [9,13]
Ulster Earl x (Herald x Arran Carin) [6,8,20]
Breeder: J.Clarke, Mosside, Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland [13]
Kartoffelzucht Böhm [9]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1950 [8,9,20]
1966 [13]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originIRELAND [8] UNITED KINGDOM [5, 6, 9, 13, 20]
Data sourceCPVPA [5] CZEHBROD [6] DEPT [7] DEU001 [8] DEU416 [9] GBR165 [13] IRL001 [16] POL IPR BON [20]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [13, 16] Part tested [6, 8, 9, 20] Untested [5, 7]
Plant material maintained asTuber [5, 9, 13, 35] In-vitro [6, 8, 20]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 16, 20]
Test conditionsNon organic [6, 8, 13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesVery rare [13] Rare [9]
Flower colourWhite [9, 13]
Flower frequencyFrequent [9, 13]
Foliage coverModerate to good [9] Good [13]
Growth habitErect [13]
MaturityIntermediate [9] Early to intermediate [8] Early [13]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [8, 9] Light yellow [13]
Tuber eye colourYellow [13]
Tuber eye depthShallow [8, 9, 13]
Tuber shapeOval [8, 13] Long to oval [9]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [8, 9, 13]
Tuber skin textureSmooth [9] Very smooth [13]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodShort [9]
Internal rust spotFrequent [8] Medium to frequent [9]
Secondary growthMedium [9]
Tuber shape uniformityUniform [9, 13]
Tuber sizeLarge [9]
Tubers per plantMany [9]
Yield potentialMedium [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningSome [9] Little [13]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureMealy (floury type) to fairly firm (multi-purpose type) [9]
Crisp suitabilityPoor [13]
Dry matter contentLow [13]
French fry suitabilityPoor [13]
Starch contentLow [8] High [9]
TasteGood [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)Medium [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageVery low to low [8] Low [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Low [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubersVery low to low [8] Low [9]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)Low [13]
Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea)Low [8]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [8, 9, 13]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.)Low to medium [13]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Low [9] Medium [13]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusLow [13] Medium [8, 9]
Resistance to potato virus AVery high [8, 9]
Resistance to potato virus XVery low to low [9] Low [8] Low to medium [13]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Low [13] Low to medium [8, 9]
Resistance to tobacco rattle virusLow [9]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [8, 9] High [13]


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
[8] Federal Research Centre of Agriculture, GERMANY 2005
[9] Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), GERMANY 2005
[20] Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, POLAND 2005
[13] SASA, UNITED KINGDOM 2005
[35] Teagasc Crops Research Centre, IRELAND 2007















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