The European Cultivated Potato Database

 
 

Empire

[pedigree] [parents] [similar varieties][tabulated data]
HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Empire
Pedigree: CB 69251 2 x CB 6793 2 [6]
Rural New Yorker No 2 x AZK-3 [18]
Breeder:
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Characters Empire
After cooking blackening 7[18]
Crisp suitability 4[18]
French fry suitability 6[18]
Dry matter content 4[18]
Starch content 3[18]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies) 5[4]
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.) 7[18]
Resistance to potato virus A 7[18]
Resistance to potato virus YN 5[18]
Resistance to potato leaf roll virus 7[18]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 5 2[4]
Resistance to late blight on foliage 7[4]


Source:
[4] Meijer, C. 2000 C. Meijer B.V, NETHERLANDS
[6] Jaroslava, Domkarova 1997 Potato Research Institute, CZECH REPUBLIC
[11] Ellisseche, Daniel 2000 INRA, FRANCE
[18] Aziparte, Enrique Ritter 2000 NEIKER-Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Des, SPAIN








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