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Universal

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Universal
Pedigree: Ackersegen x adg v tocanum [6,8,9,20]
Breeder: SEMPRA, Plant Breeding Station, Slapy u Tábora [6]
Breeder's rights:
Synonyms:
National list: 1950 [6,9,20]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originCZECH REPUBLIC [6] SERBIA [9, 20]
Data sourceCZEHBROD [6] DEPT [7] DEU001 [8] DEU416 [9] POL IPR BON [20] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsPart tested [9] Infected [6] Untested [7, 8, 20]
Plant material maintained asTuber [20, 23] In-vitro [6, 8, 9]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [6, 7, 8, 9, 20, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [6, 8]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
Flower colourWhite [9]
Flower frequencyOccasional to frequent [9]
Foliage coverModerate to good [9]
MaturityLate [9]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourCream [9]
Tuber eye depthMedium [9]
Tuber shapeRound [9]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9]
Tuber skin textureIntermediate [9]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Tuber shape uniformityMedium to uniform [9]
Yield potentialHigh [23]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningTrace [9]
Starch contentMedium [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Field immune [9]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [9]
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS
Frost resistanceLow [23]


Source:
[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
[23] N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2005















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