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Gigant

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Gigant
Pedigree: Elvira x SVP AM 66 42 [6,9,13,18,20]
Breeder: E. Duursema, Creil, Holland [13]
Hauptsaaten für die Rheinprovinz [9]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1987 [9,20]
1988 [13]
Characters Gigant Elvira
Foliage cover 4[13] 7[9] 7[9]
Flower colour 1[13] 1[9]
Flower frequency 1[9,13] 5[9]
Berries 1[13] 1[9]
Pollen fertility 1[9]  -  
Light sprout colour 1[13]  -  
Tuber skin colour 1[9,13,18] 1[8,9]
Tuber eye colour 1[13]  -  
Primary tuber flesh colour 3[9,13] 4[18] 4[8,9]
Tuber shape 2[9,18] 3[13] 3[8] 5[9]
Tuber eye depth 6[9] 7[13] 7[8,9]
Tuber skin texture 6[13]  -  
Yield potential 7[18,23] 9[9] 5[23] 7[9]
Tubers per plant 7[9] 8[13]  -  
Tuber size 7[9] 8[13] 7[9]
Tuber shape uniformity 6[9] 7[13] 6[9]
Secondary growth 6[9] 6[9]
Hollow heart tendency  -   7[9]
Internal rust spot 5[9] 7[8,9]
Resistance to external damage 6[13] 7[9] 5[9]
Resistance to internal bruising 4[13] 6[9] 5[9]
Dormancy period 6[9] 7[13] 5[9]
Storage ability  -   6[8]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked texture 2[9,13] 2[9]
After cooking blackening 5[9,13] 7[18] 7[9]
Taste 5[9] 6[13] 6[9]
Crisp suitability 3[13] 6[18]  -  
French fry suitability 1[18] 3[13]  -  
Frying colour 4[13]  -  
Dry matter content 5[13] 6[18] 7[23] 5[23]
Starch content 4[18] 5[9,23] 5[8,9,23]
Presence of late blight R gene 6[13]  -  
Resistance to stem canker (Rhizoctonia solani)  -   7[9]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies) 4[9] 6[13] 7[9]
Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea)  -   7[8]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum) 2[9,13] 2[8,9]
Field immunity to wart races 1[9] 1[9]
Resistance to gangrene (Phoma foveata) 3[13]  -  
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.) 5[13]  -  
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.) 3[18]  -  
Resistance to potato virus A 3[9] 7[13] 7[8,9]
Resistance to potato virus B 3[13]  -  
Resistance to potato virus C 6[13]  -  
Resistance to potato virus X 7[13,18] 9[9] 9[9]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified) 8[13] 3[8,9]
Resistance to potato virus YN 5[18] 8[9]  -  
Resistance to potato leaf roll virus 4[9] 5[13,18] 5[8,9]
Resistance to tobacco rattle virus 5[13]  -  
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1 7[9,13] 9[18] 7[8,9]
Resistance to Globodera pallida race 1 3[13]  -  
Resistance to Globodera pallida race 2 3[13]  -  
Drought resistance 5[9] 6[13]  -  
Resistance to late blight on tubers 5[13] 6[9] 7[18] 5[8,9]
Resistance to late blight on foliage 5[9,18] 6[13] 7[8,9]


Source:
[6] Jaroslava, Domkarova 1997 Potato Research Institute, CZECH REPUBLIC
[9] Scheler, Konrad 2000 Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), GERMANY
[11] Ellisseche, Daniel 2000 INRA, FRANCE
[18] Aziparte, Enrique Ritter 2000 NEIKER-Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Des, SPAIN
[20] Zimnoch-Guzowska, Ewa 2000 Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, POLAND
[23] Kiru, Stepan 1999 N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
[13] Campbell, Heather 2000 SASA, UNITED KINGDOM
[8] Mix-Wagner, Gunda 1997 Federal Research Centre of Agriculture, GERMANY








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