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Majestic

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Majestic
Pedigree: Unknown breeding line x British Queen [5,20]
Unknown breeding line x British Queen (adg,dms) [9,13]
Breeder: 9 [9]
Findlay, A., Auchtermuchty, Scotland [5,13]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1911 [9,20]
1966 [13]
Characters Majestic British Queen
Foliage cover 5[13] 6[9] 3[13]
Flower colour 1[9,13] 1[9,13]
Flower frequency 3[9] 7[13] 7[9] 9[13]
Berries 3[9] 5[13] 2[9,13]
Light sprout colour 1[9,13] 1[2,9,13]
Tuber skin colour 1[9,13] 1[2,9,13]
Tuber eye colour 1[13] 1[2]
Primary tuber flesh colour 1[9] 2[13] 1[9,13] 2[2]
Tuber shape 4[9] 5[13] 2[2] 3[9,13]
Tuber eye depth 6[9] 9[13] 6[2,9] 7[13]
Tuber skin texture 6[13] 7[9] 6[2]
Yield potential 6[9] 7[9]
Early harvest yield potential 5[9]  -  
Tubers per plant 3[9] 6[13]  -  
Tuber size 7[9] 8[13] 5[9] 6[2]
Tuber shape uniformity 6[9] 7[13] 6[2]
Secondary growth 1[9]  -  
Internal rust spot 7[9] 4[9]
Resistance to external damage 6[13] 7[9]  -  
Resistance to internal bruising 7[9] 8[13]  -  
Dormancy period 6[13] 7[9] 4[9]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked texture 6[9,13] 2[2]
After cooking blackening 1[9] 4[13] 3[2]
Taste 7[9] 7[2] 9[9]
Crisp suitability 3[13] 3[13]
French fry suitability 3[13] 3[13]
Dry matter content 5[13,23]  -  
Starch content 5[9,23] 5[9]
Presence of late blight R gene 4[13] 3[13]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies) 2[13] 3[9] 4[9]
Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea) 7[9]  -  
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum) 2[9,13] 1[9,13]
Field immunity to wart races 1[9]  -  
Resistance to gangrene (Phoma foveata) 3[9,13]  -  
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.) 5[9,13] 7[9]
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.) 3[9,13]  -  
Resistance to potato virus A 3[9] 7[13] 9[9,13]
Resistance to potato virus X 3[9,13] 3[9,13]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified) 3[13] 5[9] 3[9] 5[13]
Resistance to potato leaf roll virus 5[9] 6[13] 3[13] 4[9]
Resistance to tobacco rattle virus 4[9] 8[13] 3[9]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1 3[9] 3[9,13] 7[2]
Resistance to Globodera pallida race 1  -   3[13]
Drought resistance 8[13]  -  
Resistance to late blight on tubers 4[13] 7[9] 3[13] 4[9]
Resistance to late blight on foliage 3[9] 4[13] 3[13] 4[9]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium coeruleum) 5[25] 3[25]


Source:
[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
[11] Ellisseche, Daniel 2000 INRA, FRANCE
[20] Zimnoch-Guzowska, Ewa 2000 Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, POLAND
[23] Kiru, Stepan 1999 N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
[25] Carnegie, Stuart 2006 SASA, UNITED KINGDOM
[13] Campbell, Heather 2000 SASA, UNITED KINGDOM
[40] Dillon, Joan 2006 Teagasc Crops Research Centre, IRELAND
[2] Schauer, Christoph 1999 Arche Noah, AUSTRIA
[48] Böhnhardt, Jan 2006 Arche Noah, AUSTRIA








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