The European Cultivated Potato Database

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Characters	Splendor	Maritta
Foliage cover	7[9]	7[9]
Flower colour	2[9]	1[9,13]
Flower frequency	6[9]	6[9]
Berries	2[9]	5[9]
Light sprout colour	-	1[2,13]
Tuber skin colour	4[9]	1[2,8,9,13]
Tuber eye colour	-	1[2]
Primary tuber flesh colour	3[9]	3[8,9,13] 4[2]
Tuber shape	2[9]	1[13] 2[2,8,9]
Tuber eye depth	6[9]	4[2,8,9]
Tuber skin texture	-	6[2] 8[9]
Yield potential	7[9]	5[9] 7[23]
Tuber size	-	5[2] 7[9]
Tuber shape uniformity	7[9]	4[9] 6[2]
Internal rust spot	-	7[8] 8[9]
Resistance to external damage	-	4[9]
Resistance to internal bruising	-	7[9]
Dormancy period	-	7[13]
Storage ability	-	2[8]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked texture	3[9]	2[2] 6[9]
After cooking blackening	-	5[2] 6[9]
Enzymic browning	-	7[9]
Taste	6[9]	6[9] 7[2]
Crisp suitability	-	7[13]
French fry suitability	-	3[13]
Dry matter content	-	9[13]
Starch content	9[9]	6[8,9]
Resistance to early blight (Alternaria solani)	-	9[9]
Presence of late blight R gene	-	8[13]
Resistance to stem canker (Rhizoctonia solani)	-	5[9]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies)	-	7[9]
Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea)	-	7[8,15]
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)	2[9]	1[8] 2[9]
Field immunity to wart races	1[9]	1[9]
Susceptibility to wart races	-	1[8]
Resistance to gangrene (Phoma foveata)	-	9[9]
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.)	-	4[9] 5[8]
Resistance to potato virus A	7[9]	7[9,13] 8[8]
Resistance to potato virus M	-	9[9]
Resistance to potato virus X	7[9]	6[13]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified)	7[9]	7[9] 8[8] 9[13]
Resistance to potato leaf roll virus	-	2[8] 4[9] 5[13]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1	3[9]	3[2,8,9]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 5	-	2[15]
Drought resistance	-	7[13]
Resistance to late blight on tubers	7[9]	6[8] 7[9] 8[13]
Resistance to late blight on foliage	5[9]	6[9,15] 7[8] 8[13]

Source:
[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
[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
[8]	Mix-Wagner, Gunda	1997	Federal Research Centre of Agriculture, GERMANY
[15]	HZPC, B.V.	2000	HZPC B.V., NETHERLANDS
[23]	Kiru, Stepan	1999	N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
[13]	Campbell, Heather	2000	SASA, UNITED KINGDOM
[40]	Dillon, Joan	2006	Teagasc Crops Research Centre, IRELAND