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Details of Application<br />

Application Number 2007/281<br />

<strong>Variety</strong> Name ‘Romeo’<br />

Genus Species Solanum tuberosum<br />

Common Name Potato<br />

Synonym Nil<br />

Accepted Date 10 Dec 2007<br />

Applicant Irish Potato Marketing Ltd, Co. Dublin, Ireland<br />

Agent Bright Harvest, Virginia, SA<br />

Qualified Person John Fennell<br />

Details of Comparative Trial<br />

Location Waikerie, SA.<br />

Descriptor Potato (Solanum tuberosum) TG/23/6.<br />

Period Apr to Aug 2008.<br />

Conditions <strong>Plant</strong>lets ex-quarantine raised from tissue cultures and planted<br />

into potting mix in 200mm diameter plastic pots on 1 Apr<br />

2008. Pots placed on benches in a screened polythene clad<br />

greenhouse. None of the varieties in trial produced flowers<br />

due to daylength conditions.<br />

Trial Design Randomised complete block design. Three replicates of 40<br />

plants per variety.<br />

Measurements Observations and measurements taken on 28 May 2008.<br />

Measurements taken of plant height, length of longest leaf,<br />

terminal leaflet length and width. Flower characteristics were<br />

compared using published UPOV information. Tuber<br />

characteristics were recorded in Aug 2008.<br />

RHS Chart - edition Nil<br />

Origin and Breeding<br />

Controlled pollination: maternal parent ‘Rooster’ and paternal parent ‘Ambo’ were<br />

manually crossed in 1996 at Oak Park Research Centre, Carlow, Ireland. True seed<br />

was used to raise individual tubers of the resultant genetically different progeny.<br />

Seedling T2637-12 selected after 12 years of clonal trials in the UK and Spain.<br />

Selection was based upon earliness, skin finish quality, disease resistance, yield and<br />

taste. The variety ‘Romeo’ was released in 2007. Breeder: Teagasc Oak Park<br />

Research Centre, Carlow, Ireland.<br />

Choice of Comparators Characteristics used for grouping varieties to identify the most similar<br />

<strong>Variety</strong> of Common Knowledge<br />

Organ/<strong>Plant</strong> Part Context State of Expression in Group of<br />

Varieties<br />

Lightsprout proportion of blue in anthocyanin<br />

colouration of base<br />

absent or low<br />

Flower corolla proportion of blue in anthocyanin absent or low<br />

colouration on inner side<br />

Tuber colour of skin red<br />

Tuber colour of flesh cream or light yellow<br />

Page 361 of 550<br />

<strong>Plant</strong> Varieties <strong>Journal</strong> Vol. 21 No.3

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