Arran Comet
Higher Taxon
Solanaceae
Genus
Solanum L.
Species
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Arran Comet
Parentage
[Pedigree History ] Di Vernon x Pepo
[Pedigree History ] Di Vernon x Pepo
Breeder Agent
GB Seed Industry
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Characters
| administration | |
|---|---|
| Data source | DEPT |
| DEU416 | |
| GBR165 | |
| IRL001 | |
| Plant material maintained as | Tuber |
| In-vitro | |
| Tuber and in-vitro | |
| Plant health directive EC77/93, requirements | Fully tested |
| Untested | |
| Country of origin | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Sample status | Advanced cultivar |
| Test conditions | Non organic |
| plant characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Maturity | Early |
| Very early | |
| Growth habit | Spreading |
| Foliage cover | Moderate |
| Good | |
| Flower frequency | Rare |
| Berries | No berries |
| Very rare | |
| Light sprout colour | Blue |
| tuber characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Tuber skin colour | White to yellow |
| Tuber eye colour | Yellow |
| Primary tuber flesh colour | White |
| Cream | |
| Tuber shape | Oval |
| Tuber eye depth | Deep |
| Shallow to medium | |
| Tuber skin texture | Smooth |
| tubering characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Yield potential | High |
| Early harvest yield potential | High |
| Tubers per plant | Medium |
| Many | |
| Tuber size | Medium to large |
| Large to very large | |
| Tuber shape uniformity | Medium to uniform |
| Uniform | |
| Internal rust spot | Frequent |
| Resistance to external damage | Moderate to resistant |
| Resistance to internal bruising | Medium |
| Dormancy period | Short to medium |
| Medium | |
| utilisation characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Cooking type / 411 Cooked texture | Fairly firm (multi-purpose type) to firm (salad type) |
| After cooking blackening | Trace to little |
| None | |
| Enzymic browning | None to trace |
| Taste | Moderate to good |
| Crisp suitability | Poor |
| Good | |
| French fry suitability | Poor |
| Dry matter content | Low to medium |
| Starch content | Low |
| resistance to fungal diseases | |
|---|---|
| Resistance to late blight on tubers | Low to medium |
| Resistance to late blight on foliage | Low |
| Resistance to late blight on tubers (Laboratory test) | Low |
| Resistance to late blight on foliage (Laboratory test) | Low |
| Resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea) | Medium |
| Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum) | Field immune |
| Field immunity to wart races | Race 1 |
| Resistance to gangrene (Phoma foveata) | Low to medium |
| Medium | |
| Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.) | Low |
| resistance to bacterial diseases | |
|---|---|
| Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies) | Medium to high |
| High | |
| resistance to virus diseases | |
|---|---|
| Resistance to potato virus A | Low |
| Resistance to potato virus X | Low |
| Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified) | Very low to low |
| Low | |
| Resistance to potato leaf roll virus | Low to medium |
| Medium | |
| Resistance to tobacco rattle virus | Very low |
| resistance to pests | |
|---|---|
| Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1 | Low |
| Resistance to Globodera pallida race 1 | Low |
| environmental stress factors | |
|---|---|
| Drought resistance | Medium to high |