The European Cultivated Potato Database

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Characters	British Queen	Patersons Victoria
Foliage cover	3[13]	6[9]
Flower colour	1[9,13]	-
Flower frequency	7[9] 9[13]	1[9]
Berries	2[9,13]	-
Light sprout colour	1[2,9,13]	2[2]
Tuber skin colour	1[2,9,13]	-
Tuber eye colour	1[2]	-
Primary tuber flesh colour	1[9,13] 2[2]	1[2,9]
Tuber shape	2[2] 3[9,13]	1[2,9]
Tuber eye depth	6[2,9] 7[13]	4[9] 5[2]
Tuber skin texture	6[2]	1[9] 6[2]
Yield potential	7[9]	5[23]
Tuber size	5[9] 6[2]	6[2]
Tuber shape uniformity	6[2]	6[2] 7[9]
Internal rust spot	4[9]	-
Resistance to external damage	-	8[9]
Dormancy period	4[9]	-
Cooking type / 411 Cooked texture	2[2]	6[2]
After cooking blackening	3[2]	5[2]
Taste	7[2] 9[9]	6[2]
Crisp suitability	3[13]	-
French fry suitability	3[13]	-
Starch content	5[9]	-
Presence of late blight R gene	3[13]	-
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)	4[9]	-
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)	1[9,13]	1[9]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.)	7[9]	-
Resistance to potato virus A	9[9,13]	7[2]
Resistance to potato virus M	-	7[2]
Resistance to potato virus S	-	1[2]
Resistance to potato virus X	3[9,13]	1[2]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)	3[9] 5[13]	5[2]
Resistance to potato leaf roll virus	3[13] 4[9]	7[2]
Resistance to tobacco rattle virus	3[9]	-
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1	3[9,13] 7[2]	3[2]
Resistance to Globodera pallida race 1	3[13]	-
Resistance to late blight on tubers	3[13] 4[9]	-
Resistance to late blight on foliage	3[13] 4[9]	-
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium coeruleum)	3[25]	-

Source:
[2]	Schauer, Christoph	1999	Arche Noah, AUSTRIA
[5]	Luca, Lovatti	1998	Centro Interprovinciale di Sperimentazione Ag, ITALY
[7]	Choiseul, James	1996	Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry, IRELAND
[9]	Scheler, Konrad	2000	Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), GERMANY
[25]	Carnegie, Stuart	2006	SASA, UNITED KINGDOM
[13]	Campbell, Heather	2000	SASA, UNITED KINGDOM
[40]	Dillon, Joan	2006	Teagasc Crops Research Centre, IRELAND
[48]	B�hnhardt, Jan	2006	Arche Noah, AUSTRIA
[6]	Jaroslava, Domkarova	1997	Potato Research Institute, CZECH REPUBLIC
[20]	Zimnoch-Guzowska, Ewa	2000	Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, POLAND
[22]	Vern, E.V.	2000	VERN e.V., GERMANY
[23]	Kiru, Stepan	1999	N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION