The British Potato Variety Database

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Scottish Seed Stocks

English Seed Register

Parentage

Valor x Cultra

Breeder	Zella J. Doig
Breeder's Agent	Caithness Potatoes Ltd
Plant Breeders Rights (expire)	2034

Sunrise produces a high yield of parti-coloured bold tubers. The variety shows good drought resistance. The tubers have light yellow flesh and medium high dry matter which gives good all round cooking performance. Susceptible to black dot, late blight on foliage, late blight on tubers, powdery scab, potato leafroll virus, bruising and potato cyst nematode Globodera rostochiensis Ro1 and Globodera pallida Pa2/3,1. Tests show resistance to dry rot Fusarium coeruleum , silver scurf, skin spot and common scab.

Tuber characteristics
Smoothness of skin		Smooth
Shape of tuber		Short - oval
Depth of eyes		Shallow - medium
Colour of skin		Red parti-coloured
Colour of flesh		Light yellow

Botanical description
Maturity		Early Maincrop
Height of plants		Tall
Frequency of berries		Few
Colour of flower		White
Colour of base of lightsprout		Pink

Resistance to Damage, Pests and Diseases	Low	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	High
Black dot ( Colletotrichum coccodes )	.	.	3
Dry rot ( Fusarium coeruleum )	.	.	.	.	.	.	7
Dry rot ( Fusarium sulphureum )	.	.	.	.	.	6
Late blight on foliage ( Phytophthora infestans )	.	.	3
Late blight on tubers ( Phytophthora infestans )	.	.	3
Powdery scab ( Spongospora subterranea )	.	2
Silver scurf ( Helminthosporium solani )	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	8
Skin spot ( Polyscytalum pustulans )	.	.	.	.	.	.	7
Blackleg ( Pectobacterium atrosepticum )	.	2
Common scab ( Streptomyces scabiei )	.	.	.	.	.	.	7
Potato Cyst Nematode ( Globodera pallida Pa 2/3, 1 )	.	.	3
Potato Cyst Nematode ( Globodera rostochiensis Ro1 )	.	.	3
Potato Leafroll Virus	.	2
Potato Virus Yo	.	2
Bruising	.	2
Splitting	.	.	.	.	5

Results of National List and Potato Council Independent Variety Trials