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Paramount



                  

Paramount

                  

PARAMOUNT

Parentage:

Janet x Dutch seedling

Breeder:

John Mara/Jim McCreight
168 Seabank Malahide
Co Dublin
Ireland

Agent:

Not applicable

UK National List:

2003

Plant Breeders Right:

2003

Intended Market:

General purpose

Maturity:

Early Maincrop

General Description:

Plant: medium height, semi-erect.  Intense local colour on stem. 
Flowers: numerous red violet
Tuber:  Round-oval
Eyes: shallow
Skin: red
Flesh: white


DISEASE RESISTANCE (1 = susceptible, 9 = resistant)

   

1.    Wart Disease (race 1):

Resistant

2.    Foliage late blight:

4

3.    Tuber late blight:

6

4.    Blackleg:

4

5.    Potato Virus Y°:

3

6.    Potato Leafroll Virus:

4

7.    Common scab:

5

8.    Powdery scab:

5

9.    Gangrene:

4

10.  Potato Cyst Nematode

 

     10.1 Globodera rostochiensis Ro1:

9

     10.2 Globodera pallida Pa1:

1.3

                                           Pa2,3:

1.6

 

RESISTANCE TO DAMAGE

1.    External:

5

2.    Internal:

6

   

OTHER CHARACTERISTICS

 

1.    Specific gravity (1 = low):

4

 




 

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