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Zenith

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Zenith
Pedigree: Saphir x 5158 DDR [8]
Saphir x 5158 DDR (acl,adg,dms) [6,9,13]
Breeder: Asche-Saatzucht [9]
Niederösterreichische Saatbaugenossenschaft, Wien [13]
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list: 1976 [8,9]
Characters Zenith Saphir
Foliage cover 6[9] 7[9]
Flower colour 1[9]  -  
Flower frequency 3[13] 5[9] 7[9,13]
Berries 1[9] 7[9,13]
Light sprout colour 1[13] 2[13]
Tuber skin colour 1[8,9,13] 1[9,13]
Primary tuber flesh colour 3[8,9,13] 2[9,13]
Tuber shape 2[8,13] 3[9] 2[9,13]
Tuber eye depth 4[8] 6[9] 4[9]
Tuber skin texture  -   6[9]
Yield potential 5[9] 5[9] 7[23]
Tubers per plant  -   3[9] 6[13]
Tuber size  -   6[9]
Tuber shape uniformity 6[9] 4[9]
Secondary growth  -   5[9]
Growth cracking  -   5[9]
Hollow heart tendency  -   5[9]
Internal rust spot 8[8] 9[9] 7[9]
Resistance to external damage 4[9] 6[13] 5[9] 7[13]
Resistance to internal bruising  -   7[13]
Dormancy period  -   6[9,13]
Storage ability 5[8]  -  
Cooking type / 411 Cooked texture 6[9] 7[13] 6[9]
After cooking blackening 6[9,13] 5[9]
Enzymic browning  -   6[9]
Taste  -   7[9]
Crisp suitability 7[9,13] 3[13] 7[9]
French fry suitability 3[13] 3[13]
Dry matter content 8[13] 5[23] 8[13]
Starch content 6[9] 7[8] 5[23] 6[9]
Presence of late blight R gene 5[13] 6[13]
Resistance to stem canker (Rhizoctonia solani)  -   5[9]
Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies) 6[9] 7[13] 5[9,13]
Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea) 6[8]  -  
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum) 2[8,9] 2[9]
Field immunity to wart races 1[9] 1[9] 6[9] 8[9]
Resistance to gangrene (Phoma foveata)  -   1[9]
Resistance to blackleg (Erwinia spp.)  -   5[9]
Resistance to bacterial soft rot (Erwinia spp.)  -   6[9]
Resistance to potato virus A 7[8] 9[9] 6[9] 9[13]
Resistance to potato virus M  -   7[9]
Resistance to potato virus X  -   9[9,13]
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified) 6[8,9] 8[13] 5[9] 8[13]
Resistance to potato leaf roll virus 4[8] 6[9] 7[13] 6[9] 7[13]
Resistance to tobacco rattle virus  -   8[13]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1 3[8,9] 3[9]
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 5  -   2[15]
Drought resistance 7[13] 8[13]
Frost resistance  -   3[23]
Resistance to late blight on tubers 7[8,9] 8[13] 6[13] 7[9]
Resistance to late blight on foliage 2[25] 5[8,9,13] 4[9] 5[15] 6[13]


Source:
[6] Jaroslava, Domkarova 1997 Potato Research Institute, CZECH REPUBLIC
[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
[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
[11] Ellisseche, Daniel 2000 INRA, FRANCE
[15] HZPC, B.V. 2000 HZPC B.V., NETHERLANDS
[20] Zimnoch-Guzowska, Ewa 2000 Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, POLAND
[50] Loch, Karin 2006 SASA, UNITED KINGDOM








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