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
Characters
administration | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies) | Medium to high |
High |
resistance to virus diseases | |
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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 | |
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Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1 | Low |
Resistance to Globodera pallida race 1 | Low |
environmental stress factors | |
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Drought resistance | Medium to high |