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SUNSET

Parentage:

L3097/144 x Desiree

Breeder:

Paul Watts
Northern Ireland Horticultural & Plant Breeding Station
Manor House
Loughall

Agent:

Agrolon Ltd
Wettern House
Dingwall Road
Croydon
CR0 0XJ

UK National List:

2003

Plant Breeders Right:

2003

Intended Market:

General purpose

Maturity:

Late Maincrop

General Description:

Plant: Very tall, erect, entire colour on stems
Flower: Large red violet, medium frequency
Tuber: oval-long,
Eyes: shallow 
Skin: red
Flesh: light yellow


DISEASE RESISTANCE (1 = susceptible, 9 = resistant)

   

1.    Wart Disease (race 1):

Resistant

2.    Foliage late blight:

6

3.    Tuber late blight:

7

4.    Blackleg:

6

5.    Potato Virus Y°:

9

6.    Potato Leafroll Virus:

4

7.    Common scab:

4

8.    Powdery scab:

3

9.    Gangrene:

5

10.  Potato Cyst Nematode

 

     10.1 Globodera rostochiensis Ro1:

8.1

     10.2 Globodera pallida Pa1:

Not tested

                                           Pa2,3:

1.9

 

RESISTANCE TO DAMAGE

1.    External:

4

2.    Internal:

8

   

OTHER CHARACTERISTICS

 

1.    Specific gravity (1 = low):

4

 




 

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