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Purple Pelisse: A Specialty ‘Fingerling’ Potato with Purple Skin and Flesh and Medium Specific Gravity

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Purple Pelisse is a specialty ‘fingerling’ potato with purple skin and dark purple flesh. It has medium maturity and sets a large number of smooth, small, fingerling-shaped tubers. The tubers have medium specific gravity and high levels of antioxidants. This potato variety is mainly intended for the fresh market but it can also be used for processing; chips made from Purple Pelisse tubers retain their bright purple color and have a pleasant taste. Purple Pelisse is moderately resistant to common scab and potato virus Y and susceptible to most of the other common potato diseases. Purple Pelisse resulted from a cross between NDOP5847-1 and bulked pollen of red-fleshed potatoes. It was first selected from seedling tubers planted and grown at Madras, Oregon in 2001 and was subsequently evaluated for six additional years in public and industry trials throughout the western U.S, including Western Regional Red/Specialty Trials in 2006 and 2007. Purple Pelisse was officially released as a variety in 2009 by the Pacific Northwest (Tri-State) Potato Variety Development Program.

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Purple Pelisse es una papa de especialidad “tipo dedo” con piel morada y pulpa morada oscura. Es de madurez intermedia y produce un gran número de tubérculos suaves, pequeños, en forma de dedos. Los tubérculos tienen gravedad específica media y altos niveles de antioxidantes. Esta variedad se pretende que sea para el mercado fresco, aunque también puede usarse para proceso; las hojuelas de tubérculos de Purple Pelisse retienen su color morado brillante y tienen un sabor placentero. Purple Pelisse es moderadamente resistente a la roña común y al virus Y de la papa, y es susceptible a la mayoría de las otras enfermedades comunes de la papa. Purple Pelisse resultó de una cruza entre NDOP5847 y el polen mezclado de papas de pulpa roja. Primero se seleccionó de tubérculos de plántulas cultivadas en Madras, Oregon, en 2001, y fue evaluada subsecuentemente por seis años adicionales en ensayos públicos y de la industria en todo el oeste de los E. U., incluyendo ensayos de especialidades rojas regionales del oeste en 2006 y 2007. Purple Pelisse se liberó oficialmente como variedad en 2009 por el programa Tri-Estatal de Desarrollo de Variedades de Papa del Noroeste del Pacífico.

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Abbreviations

RHSCC:

Royal Horticulture Society Color Chart

PLRV:

Potato Leafroll Virus

USDA:

United States Department of Agriculture

ARS:

Agricultural Research Service

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank Creighton Miller, David Holm, Roy Navarre, Jeanne Debons, Jenny Reed, Robert Smith, Lori Ewing, Margaret Bain, Nora Fuller, Zach Holden, Penny Tubbs, Darren Hall, Steve Wheeler, Mark Fristad, Charlene Miller, Brian Schneider, Michael Morrissey, Linda Wechsler, Catherine Durham, Cindy Lederer, Alex Stone and Chef Leif Eric Benson for their contributions to the development and release of Purple Pelisse. We also thank our industry cooperators, our collaborators in the Western Regional Potato Variety Trials, and the Idaho, Washington, and Oregon potato commissions. The Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station, the Oregon Potato Commission, the Potato Variety Management Institute (PVMI), the USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, and the USDA Agricultural Research Service provided partial financial support for this research.

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    Present address: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, 502 324, AP, India

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  1. Department of Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA

    M. I. Vales, S. Yilma, E. Karaagac & A. R. Mosley

  2. USDA-ARS, Prosser, WA, 99350, USA

    C. R. Brown

  3. Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Oregon State University, Hermiston, OR, 97838, USA

    D. C. Hane

  4. Central Oregon Agricultural Research Center, Oregon State University, Madras, OR, 97741, USA

    S. R. James

  5. Malheur Experiment Station, Oregon State University, Ontario, OR, 97914, USA

    C. C. Shock & E. Feibert

  6. Klamath Basin Research and Extension Center, Oregon State University, Klamath Falls, OR, 97603, USA

    B. A. Charlton & D. Culp

  7. Idaho Falls Research and Extension Center, University of Idaho, Idaho Falls, ID, 83402, USA

    J. C. Stark

  8. Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA

    M. J. Pavek & N. R. Knowles

  9. USDA-ARS, Aberdeen Research and Extension Center, Aberdeen, ID, 83210, USA

    R. G. Novy & J. L. Whitworth

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D. C. Hane S. R. James, A. R. Mosley: Retired from the Department of Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State University

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Vales, M.I., Brown, C.R., Yilma, S. et al. Purple Pelisse: A Specialty ‘Fingerling’ Potato with Purple Skin and Flesh and Medium Specific Gravity. Am. J. Pot Res 89, 306–314 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12230-012-9254-3

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