A new potato [Solanum tuberosum] variety "Star Queen" [Japan]
2000
Senda, K. (Hokkaido. Kitami Agricultural Experiment Station, Kunneppu (Japan)) | Ito, T. | Iketani, S. | Murakami, N. | Matsunaga, H. | Sekiguchi, K. | Kon, T. | Mitsui, Y. | Aiba, S.
A new potato variety "Star Queen" was bred at Hokkaido Prefectural Kitami Agricultural Experiment Station. It was recommended by Hokkaido Government in 1999 and was named and registered by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan in 2000. It was selected from the progeny of a cross between "Atlantic" and "Cherokee". The female parent has good processing quality and potato cyst nematode resistance. The male parent is known as a common scab resistant variety. "Star Queen" is a medium maturing variety. Plants are medium in size and plant habit. Flower color is light red-purple with white tips. Tubers are round, slightly flattened with moderately shallow eyes. Skin color is creamy-white and texture is somewhat rough. Flesh color is whitish-yellow. Dormancy is short to medium. The variety produces a high yield of relatively large tubers. During the five years of testing at Konsen Agricultural Experiment Station, the yields (60g) were 17% higher than that of the check variety "Irish Cobbler". Disintegration in cooking is more than that of "Irish Cobbler" because of its higher starch content. Therefore, it is suitable for salad and croquette, i.e. mashed potatoes. "Star Queen" is moderately resistant to both common scab and powdery scab. It may enable farmers to produce table potatoes where tubers with common scab lesion are less than 30% in "Irish Cobbler". It is resistant to potato cyst nematode (Globodera rostochiensis pathotype Rol), but suscep
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