Cultra
Higher Taxon
Solanaceae
Genus
Solanum L.
Species
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Cultra
Parentage
[Pedigree History ] Desiree x Cara
[Pedigree History ] Desiree x Cara
Breeder
An Foras Taluntais
Breeder Agent
Cullen Allen Limited
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Characters
| administration | |
|---|---|
| Data source | DEPT |
| GBR165 | |
| IRL001 | |
| NEIKER | |
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| Maturity | Early to intermediate |
| Growth habit | Spreading to semi erect |
| Foliage cover | Moderate to good |
| Flower colour | White |
| Flower frequency | No flowers |
| Berries | No berries |
| Light sprout colour | Pink |
| tuber characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Tuber skin colour | Part red |
| Tuber eye colour | Red |
| Primary tuber flesh colour | Cream |
| Yellow | |
| Tuber shape | Oval |
| Tuber eye depth | Medium |
| Tuber skin texture | Smooth |
| tubering characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Yield potential | Very high |
| Tuber size | Large to very large |
| Resistance to external damage | Resistant |
| Resistance to internal bruising | Low to medium |
| utilisation characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Cooking type / 411 Cooked texture | Fairly firm (multi-purpose type) |
| After cooking blackening | Trace to little |
| Crisp suitability | Poor |
| French fry suitability | Poor |
| Frying colour | Medium |
| Dry matter content | Medium |
| resistance to fungal diseases | |
|---|---|
| Resistance to late blight on tubers | Medium |
| Resistance to late blight on foliage | Medium |
| Resistance to late blight on tubers (Laboratory test) | Low to medium |
| Resistance to late blight on foliage (Laboratory test) | Medium |
| Resistance to dry rot (Fusarium coeruleum) | Medium |
| Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum) | Field immune |
| Resistance to gangrene (Phoma foveata) | Medium |
| 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 |
| Resistance to potato virus B | Medium to high |
| Resistance to potato virus C | Low |
| Resistance to potato virus X | High to very high |
| Resistance to potato virus Y (strain not specified) | Medium to high |
| Resistance to potato virus YN | Low |
| Resistance to potato leaf roll virus | Low |
| resistance to pests | |
|---|---|
| Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1 | High |
| Resistance to Globodera pallida race 1 | Low |
| Resistance to Globodera pallida race 2 | Low |