Asterix
Higher Taxon
Solanaceae
Genus
Solanum L.
Species
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Asterix
Parentage
[Pedigree History ] Cardinal x SVP VE 70 9
[Pedigree History ] Cardinal x SVP VE 70 9
Breeder
Kiseokbedrijf Ropta-ZPC
Breeder Agent
HZPC UK Limited
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Characters
| administration | |
|---|---|
| Data source | CZEHBROD |
| GBR165 | |
| IRL001 | |
| NIVAA | |
| POL IPR BON | |
| Plant material maintained as | In-vitro |
| Tuber and in-vitro | |
| Plant health directive EC77/93, requirements | Fully tested |
| Part tested | |
| Untested | |
| Country of origin | NETHERLANDS |
| Sample status | Advanced cultivar |
| Test conditions | Non organic |
| plant characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Maturity | Intermediate to late |
| Intermediate | |
| Growth habit | Erect |
| Semi erect to erect | |
| Foliage cover | Moderate |
| Good to dense | |
| Flower colour | Red violet |
| Flower frequency | Occasional to frequent |
| Frequent to very frequent | |
| Berries | Rare |
| Rare to occasional | |
| Light sprout colour | Pink |
| tuber characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Tuber skin colour | Red |
| Tuber eye colour | Red |
| Primary tuber flesh colour | Light yellow |
| Tuber shape | Oval to long |
| Tuber eye depth | Shallow to medium |
| Shallow | |
| Tuber skin texture | Smooth to intermediate |
| tubering characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Yield potential | Very low |
| High to very high | |
| Early harvest yield potential | High to very high |
| Tubers per plant | Many |
| Many to very many | |
| Tuber size | Large |
| Large to very large | |
| Tuber shape uniformity | Medium to uniform |
| Uniform | |
| Secondary growth | Medium |
| Resistance to external damage | Resistant to very resistant |
| Resistance to internal bruising | High |
| High to very high | |
| Dormancy period | Medium |
| utilisation characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Cooking type / 411 Cooked texture | Fairly firm (multi-purpose type) |
| After cooking blackening | None to trace |
| Taste | Good |
| Crisp suitability | Poor |
| French fry suitability | Good |
| Frying colour | Pale |
| Dry matter content | High to very high |
| resistance to fungal diseases | |
|---|---|
| Resistance to late blight on tubers (Artificial inoculum in the field) | High to very high |
| Resistance to late blight on tubers (Laboratory test) | Very high |
| Resistance to late blight on foliage (Artificial inoculum in the field) | Medium |
| Resistance to late blight on foliage (Laboratory test) | Medium |
| Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum) | Field immune |
| Field immunity to wart races | Race 1 |
| Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium spp.) | Medium |
| resistance to bacterial diseases | |
|---|---|
| Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies) | Medium to high |
| resistance to virus diseases | |
|---|---|
| Resistance to potato virus A | Low to medium |
| Medium | |
| Resistance to potato virus X | Very high |
| Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified) | Medium to high |
| High | |
| Resistance to potato leaf roll virus | Low to medium |
| Medium | |
| Resistance to tobacco rattle virus | High to very high |
| resistance to pests | |
|---|---|
| Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1 | High |
| High to very high | |