Nomenclatural standards and genetic passports of potato cultivars bred by the Kamchatka Research Institute of Agriculture and the Federal Scientific Center of Agricultural Biotechnology of the Far East named after A.K. Chaika

Abstract

Nomenclatural standards of five potato cultivars ‘Vulkan’ (WIR-108746), ‘Gejzer’ (WIR-108747), ‘Kamčatka’ (WIR-108748), ‘Severânin’ (WIR-108749), and ‘Solnyško’ (WIR-108750) bred by the Kamchatka Research Institute of Agriculture (currently a branch of VIR), and six potato cultivars ‘Dačnyj’ (WIR-108751), ‘Kazačok’ (WIR-108752), ‘Morâk’ (WIR-108753), ‘Orion’ (WIR-108755), ‘Posejdon’ (WIR-108756), and ‘Smak’ (WIR-108754) bred by the Federal Scientific Center of Agricultural Biotechnology of the Far East named after A.K. Chaika, were prepared within the framework of the comprehensive program initiated at the All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR) for registering the gene pool of Russian cultivars and preserving them in the institute’s gene bank. Plant material of the cultivars collected by the authors and transferred to VIR for herbarization was also used for DNA extraction, genetic certification, selection of explants and introducing them into the in vitro culture. Genetic passports of 11 cultivars have been developed using eight microsatellite markers and 15 markers associated with R-genes of resistance to various pests. A comparison of microsatellite profiles of nomenclatural standards and accessions of the same name from the VIR in vitro collection confirmed their identity.

Keywords

• solanum tuberosum
• vir herbarium
• wir
• genetic passport
• genotyping
• dna markers
• collections