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Up to Date

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Up to Date
Pedigree: Patersons Victoria x Blue Don [5,9,13]
Breeder: 9 [9]
Findlay, A., Auchtermuchty, Scotland [5,13]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1894 [2,9]
1966 [13]




ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED KINGDOM [2, 5, 9, 13]
Data sourceARCHE NOAH [2] CPVPA [5] DEPT [7] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] GBR165 [13] IRL001 [16]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [7, 13] Part tested [9] Infected [11] Untested [2, 5, 16]
Plant material maintained asTuber [2, 5, 35] In-vitro [9, 11] Tuber and in-vitro [13]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 16]
Test conditionsOrganic [2] Non organic [13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesNo berries [13] Rare [9]
Flower colourRed violet [9, 13]
Flower frequencyFrequent [9] Very frequent [13]
Foliage coverPoor [13] Good [9]
Growth habitSemi erect [13]
Light sprout colourPink [9, 13]
MaturityVery late [13] Late [9]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [9, 13] Cream [2]
Tuber eye colourYellow [2, 13]
Tuber eye depthShallow to medium [2] Shallow [9] Very shallow [13]
Tuber shapeOval to round [2] Oval [9, 13]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [2, 9, 13]
Tuber skin textureSmooth to intermediate [2] Smooth [13]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Resistance to external damageModerate [9]
Secondary growthMedium [9]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium [9] Uniform [2, 13]
Tuber sizeMedium to large [9] Large [2]
Tubers per plantMedium [9]
Yield potentialMedium [9]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningSome to severe [2] Trace [9] None to trace [13]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureFairly firm (multi-purpose type) [9] Fairly firm (multi-purpose type) to firm (salad type) [2]
Dry matter contentMedium [13]
Starch contentLow [9]
TasteModerate [2] Good [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)Medium [9, 13]
Resistance to gangrene (Phoma foveata)Low [9, 13]
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 stem canker (Rhizoctonia solani)Low [9]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Susceptible [9, 13]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.)Low [9, 13]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)Low [9, 13]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato leaf roll virusLow [9] Medium [13]
Resistance to potato virus ALow [9]
Resistance to potato virus XLow [9, 13]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)Low [9, 13]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [9] High [2]
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS
Drought resistanceVery high [9]


Source:
[2] Arche Noah, AUSTRIA 2005
[5] Centro Interprovinciale di Sperimentazione Ag, ITALY 2005
[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
[13] SASA, UNITED KINGDOM 2005
[35] Teagasc Crops Research Centre, IRELAND 2007















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