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Ulster Prince

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Ulster Prince
Pedigree: Ulster Earl x (Herald x Arran Cairn) [5,6,9,13]
Breeder: J.Clarke, Mosside, Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland [5,13]
Kartoffelzucht Böhm [9]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1947 [9]
1966 [13]




ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED KINGDOM [5, 6, 9, 13]
Data sourceCPVPA [5] CZEHBROD [6] DEPT [7] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] GBR165 [13] IRL001 [16] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [9, 13] Part tested [11] Infected [6] Untested [5, 7, 16]
Plant material maintained asTuber [5, 9, 23, 35] In-vitro [6, 11] Tuber and in-vitro [13]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 16, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [6, 13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesVery rare [9, 13]
Flower colourWhite [9, 13]
Flower frequencyOccasional [13] Frequent [9]
Foliage coverModerate [13] Good [9]
Growth habitSemi erect to erect [13]
Light sprout colourBlue [13]
MaturityEarly [9] Very early [13]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [9] Light yellow [13]
Tuber eye colourBlue [13]
Tuber eye depthShallow [9, 13]
Tuber shapeLong to oval [9, 13]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9, 13]
Tuber skin textureSmooth [9] Very smooth [13]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodShort [9] Medium to long [13]
Internal rust spotVery frequent [9]
Resistance to external damageSusceptible [9]
Tuber shape uniformityUniform [9, 13]
Tuber sizeVery large [9, 13]
Tubers per plantFew [9] Medium to many [13]
Yield potentialHigh [9, 23]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningLittle [9] None [13]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureFirm (salad type) [9]
Crisp suitabilityPoor [13]
Dry matter contentLow [13] High [23]
French fry suitabilityPoor [13]
Starch contentVery low [9] Medium [23]
TasteModerate [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)Low [9, 13]
Resistance to gangrene (Phoma foveata)Low [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageLow [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliage(Laboratory test)Low [13]
Resistance to late blight on tubersLow [9]
Resistance to late blight on tubers(Laboratory test)Low [13]
Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea)Low [9]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9, 13]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.)Very low to low [13]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Medium [13] High [9]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusLow [13] Medium [9]
Resistance to potato virus AVery high [9, 13]
Resistance to potato virus XVery low to low [13] Low [9]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Low [13] High [9]
Resistance to tobacco rattle virusVery low [9]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [9, 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
[9] Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), GERMANY 2005
[11] INRA, FRANCE 2005
[23] N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2005
[13] SASA, UNITED KINGDOM 2005
[35] Teagasc Crops Research Centre, IRELAND 2007















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