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May Queen

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. May Queen
Pedigree: Herald x S. rybinii [9]
Breeder: Ragis Kartoffelzucht- und Handelsgesellschaft mbH [9]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1890 [20]
1900 [8,9]
1966 [13]
Characters May Queen Herald
Foliage cover 6[9] 6[9]
Flower colour  -   1[9,13]
Flower frequency 3[9] 2[13] 4[9]
Berries 2[9]  -  
Pollen fertility 5[23]  -  
Light sprout colour 2[13] 2[13]
Tuber skin colour 1[9,13] 1[9,13]
Primary tuber flesh colour 1[9,13] 1[9,13]
Tuber shape 5[13] 2[8] 3[9] 5[13]
Tuber eye depth 6[9] 6[8] 7[9]
Tuber skin texture 5[9] 8[9]
Yield potential 5[9]  -  
Tuber shape uniformity 6[9] 6[9]
Taste 6[9]  -  
Starch content 3[9] 3[8,9]
Presence of late blight R gene 2[13] 3[13]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies) 4[9] 7[9]
Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea)  -   9[8]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum) 1[9] 2[9]
Field immunity to wart races  -   1[9]
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.) 3[9]  -  
Resistance to potato virus A 3[9] 9[8]
Resistance to potato virus M 3[9]  -  
Resistance to potato virus X 5[9] 1[8] 3[9]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified) 3[9] 9[8]
Resistance to potato leaf roll virus 3[9] 9[8]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1 3[9] 3[9]
Frost resistance 5[23]  -  
Resistance to late blight on tubers 1[9] 3[13] 5[23] 2[13] 7[9]
Resistance to late blight on foliage 2[13] 7[23] 3[13]


Source:
[7] Choiseul, James 1996 Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry, IRELAND
[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
[20] Zimnoch-Guzowska, Ewa 2000 Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, POLAND
[23] Kiru, Stepan 1999 N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
[31] Campbell, Heather 2006 SASA, UNITED KINGDOM
[13] Campbell, Heather 2000 SASA, UNITED KINGDOM
[40] Dillon, Joan 2006 Teagasc Crops Research Centre, IRELAND
[50] Loch, Karin 2006 SASA, UNITED KINGDOM








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