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Wauseon

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Wauseon
Pedigree: USDA B 5149 8 x Katahdin [8,14,15,20]
USDA B 5149 8 x Katahdin (adg CPC1673) [9]
Breeder: 2 [9]
USDA [14]
Breeder's rights:
Synonyms:
National list: 1967 [8,9,14,20]
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originNETHERLANDS [15] UNITED STATES [8, 9, 14, 20]
Data sourceDEU001 [8] DEU416 [9] FRA179 [11] HUN052 [14] HZPC [15] POL IPR BON [20] VRI RUSSIA [23]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [9, 15] Part tested [11, 14] Untested [8, 20]
Plant material maintained asTuber [15, 20, 23] In-vitro [8, 9, 11, 14]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [8, 9, 11, 14, 15, 20, 23]
Test conditionsNon organic [8, 14, 15]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BerriesVery rare [9]
Flower colourRed violet [9, 14]
Foliage coverGood [9, 14] Good to dense [15]
Growth habitErect [9] Spreading to semi erect [14]
MaturityLate [8] Intermediate to late [9, 14] Early [15]
Pollen fertilityLow [9]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [8, 9, 14, 15]
Tuber eye depthMedium [14] Shallow to medium [9] Shallow [8, 15]
Tuber shapeRound [15] Oval to round [8, 9, 14]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [9, 14, 15]
Tuber skin textureSmooth [9, 14]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Dormancy periodMedium to long [15]
Resistance to internal bruisingMedium [15] High to very high [14]
Storage abilityGood [14, 15]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium to uniform [9] Uniform [15]
Tuber sizeMedium to large [14]
Yield potentialMedium [23] High [9] High to very high [14] Very high [15]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureFairly firm (multi-purpose type) [14] Fairly firm (multi-purpose type) to firm (salad type) [15]
Crisp suitabilityModerate to good [14]
Dry matter contentMedium to high [14] High [15]
French fry suitabilityModerate [15]
Frying colourPale to medium [15]
Starch contentLow [8, 9] Medium to high [14]
TasteGood [9]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Field immunity to wart racesRace 1 [9]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)Low [9]
Resistance to late blight on foliageMedium [15, 23] High [8, 9, 14]
Resistance to late blight on tubersMedium [23] High [8, 9]
Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea)Medium to high [8]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)Susceptible [8, 15] Field immune [9]
RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL DISEASES
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)High [9, 15] High to very high [14]
RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES
Resistance to potato virus AHigh to very high [14] Very high [8, 9, 15]
Resistance to potato virus XHigh [9] High to very high [14] Very high [8]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [9] High [14] High to very high [15]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 5High to very high [15]


Source:
[8] Federal Research Centre of Agriculture, GERMANY 2005
[9] Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), GERMANY 2005
[11] INRA, FRANCE 2005
[14] Pannon University , HUNGARY 2005
[15] HZPC B.V., 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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