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Amethyst

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Amethyst
Pedigree: Climax x SVP S. vernei 60 7 1 [5,6,8,9,20]
Breeder: Uniplanta-Saatzucht KG [9]
Breeder's rights:
Synonyms:
National list: 1977 [8,9,20]
Characters Amethyst Climax
Foliage cover 6[9] 6[9]
Flower colour 1[9] 1[9,13]
Flower frequency 3[9] 3[13] 4[9]
Berries 4[9] 1[9]
Pollen fertility  -   3[23]
Light sprout colour  -   1[9]
Tuber skin colour 1[4,9] 1[8,9,13]
Primary tuber flesh colour 2[4] 4[8,9] 3[9] 4[13] 5[8]
Tuber shape 2[9] 3[4,8] 3[8,9,13]
Tuber eye depth 5[9] 6[4,8] 7[9] 8[8]
Tuber skin texture 5[9]  -  
Yield potential 9[9] 8[9] 9[23]
Tubers per plant 7[9] 7[9] 8[13]
Tuber size 6[9] 8[9] 9[13]
Tuber shape uniformity 6[9] 7[9] 8[13]
Secondary growth 5[9] 6[9]
Growth cracking 7[9]  -  
Hollow heart tendency 7[9]  -  
Internal rust spot 7[4,8,9] 9[8,9]
Resistance to external damage 6[9] 6[9] 7[13]
Resistance to internal bruising 5[9] 7[9] 8[13]
Dormancy period 5[9] 6[4] 4[9] 5[13]
Storage ability 4[8] 5[8]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked texture 6[9] 2[9,13]
After cooking blackening 7[9] 7[9] 8[13]
Enzymic browning 4[9]  -  
Taste 5[9] 6[9,13]
Crisp suitability  -   3[13]
French fry suitability  -   7[9,13]
Dry matter content  -   5[13]
Starch content 1[4] 5[8,9] 3[8] 4[9]
Presence of late blight R gene  -   3[13]
Resistance to stem canker (Rhizoctonia solani) 7[9]  -  
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies) 6[9] 5[9] 6[1,13]
Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea) 5[8] 6[8]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum) 1[8] 2[9] 1[8] 2[9]
Field immunity to wart races 1[4,9] 1[9]
Susceptibility to wart races 1[8] 1[8]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)  -   4[1]
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.) 6[9] 7[9]
Resistance to bacterial soft rot (Erwinia spp.) 7[4]  -  
Resistance to potato virus A 3[9] 5[4,8] 3[9] 9[8,13]
Resistance to potato virus M  -   6[9]
Resistance to potato virus X 6[9] 6[9] 7[8,13]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified) 5[4,8] 6[9] 4[8,13]
Resistance to potato virus YN  -   3[9]
Resistance to potato leaf roll virus 3[4,8] 6[9] 7[9] 8[8,13]
Resistance to tobacco rattle virus  -   9[13]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1 3[8] 7[9] 8[4] 3[8,9]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 5 2[4] 2[1]
Drought resistance  -   6[9] 7[13]
Resistance to late blight on tubers 6[8] 7[9] 7[8,9,23] 8[13]
Resistance to late blight on foliage 4[4,9] 7[8] 2[9] 3[8,13] 4[1] 5[23]


Source:
[4] Meijer, C. 2000 C. Meijer B.V, NETHERLANDS
[6] Jaroslava, Domkarova 1997 Potato Research Institute, CZECH REPUBLIC
[8] Mix-Wagner, Gunda 1997 Federal Research Centre of Agriculture, GERMANY
[9] Scheler, Konrad 2000 Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), GERMANY
[11] Ellisseche, Daniel 2000 INRA, FRANCE
[20] Zimnoch-Guzowska, Ewa 2000 Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, POLAND
[1] Research, Agrico 2000 Agrico Research, NETHERLANDS
[7] Choiseul, James 1996 Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry, IRELAND
[23] Kiru, Stepan 1999 N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
[13] Campbell, Heather 2000 SASA, UNITED KINGDOM
[40] Dillon, Joan 2006 Teagasc Crops Research Centre, IRELAND








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