Somesan
Higher Taxon
Solanaceae
Genus
Solanum L.
Species
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Somesan
Parentage
[Pedigree History ]
[Pedigree History ]
Breeder
Asche-Saatzucht
Breeder Agent
Characters
| administration | |
|---|---|
| Data source | DEU416 |
| Plant material maintained as | In-vitro and cryopreservation |
| Plant health directive EC77/93, requirements | Fully tested |
| Country of origin | ROMANIA |
| Sample status | Advanced cultivar |
| plant characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Maturity | Intermediate |
| Growth habit | Erect |
| Foliage cover | Moderate to good |
| Flower colour | Red violet |
| Flower frequency | Occasional |
| tuber characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Tuber skin colour | Red |
| Primary tuber flesh colour | Cream |
| Tuber shape | Oval to round |
| Tuber eye depth | Deep |
| Tuber skin texture | Smooth |
| tubering characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Yield potential | Medium to high |
| Tuber size | Medium |
| Tuber shape uniformity | Variable to medium |
| utilisation characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Taste | Excellent |
| Starch content | Medium |
| resistance to fungal diseases | |
|---|---|
| Resistance to late blight on tubers | Medium |
| Resistance to late blight on foliage | Medium |
| Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum) | Field immune |
| Field immunity to wart races | Race 1 |
| resistance to bacterial diseases | |
|---|---|
| Resistance to common scab (Streptomyces scabies) | Medium to high |
| resistance to pests | |
|---|---|
| Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1 | Low |