Ambo
Higher Taxon
Solanaceae
Genus
Solanum L.
Species
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Ambo
Parentage
[Pedigree History ] Desiree x Cara
[Pedigree History ] Desiree x Cara
Breeder
Teagasc
Breeder Agent
Irish Potato Marketing Ltd
Characters
administration | |
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Data source | DEPT |
GBR165 | |
IRL001 | |
Plant material maintained as | Tuber |
Tuber and in-vitro | |
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirements | Fully tested |
Country of origin | IRELAND |
Sample status | Advanced cultivar |
Test conditions | Non organic |
plant characteristics | |
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Maturity | Intermediate |
Growth habit | Semi erect to erect |
Foliage cover | Moderate to good |
Flower colour | White |
Flower frequency | Occasional |
Berries | Occasional |
Light sprout colour | Pink |
tuber characteristics | |
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Tuber skin colour | Part red |
Tuber eye colour | Red |
Primary tuber flesh colour | Cream |
Tuber shape | Oval to round |
Tuber eye depth | Shallow |
Tuber skin texture | Smooth |
utilisation characteristics | |
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Cooking type / 411 Cooked texture | Fairly firm (multi-purpose type) |
Frying colour | Medium |
resistance to fungal diseases | |
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Resistance to late blight on tubers (Laboratory test) | High |
Resistance to late blight on foliage (Laboratory test) | Medium |
Resistance to late blight on foliage (Artificial inoculum in the field) | Medium |
Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum) | Field immune |
Resistance to gangrene (Phoma foveata) | Medium to high |
Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.) | Low |
resistance to bacterial diseases | |
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Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies) | Medium to high |
resistance to virus diseases | |
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Resistance to potato virus X | High to very high |
Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified) | High to very high |
Resistance to potato leaf roll virus | Low |
resistance to pests | |
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Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1 | Low |
Resistance to Globodera pallida race 1 | Low |
Resistance to Globodera pallida race 2 | Low |