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Diseases

Potato late blight

Solanum tuberosum L.

A dangerous disease caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans, which affects potato foliage and tubers. It is characterized by high genetic variability of the pathogen and the presence of vertical resistance based on R-genes.

In the reference 1 396 varieties crop Potato, where this is mentioned in the description.

The causative agent of the disease is Phytophthora infestans, which affects all plant organs. On the foliage, symptoms appear in the second half of the growing season as brown spots with a characteristic white fungal growth under high humidity. Infected tubers become covered with firm, sunken spots with a rusty-brown dry rot in the flesh.

Pathogen populations include complex races with multiple virulence genes capable of overcoming the resistance provided by R1, R2, R3, and other genes. In potato breeding, a distinction is made between vertical resistance, based on R-genes from wild species, and horizontal polygenic resistance, which restricts disease development regardless of the race composition of the pathogen.

General information about the subject — on the page Late blight.

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Varieties of Potato mentioned in the description

Selection based on the description text, not on official evaluation: these data are absent from registers. For specific variety details, please refer to its profile.

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Temmerman Handels

IT NL UA
15 records

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Jan van Loon

BE LU NL
11 records

Krone

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

DR. LUDWIG SIMON

DE FR SI
10 records

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

R.P.GRAVELAND

FR LU NL
11 records

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Winfried Lange

EE FR NL
13 records

Capri

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

PRINCE (NL)

CZ DE FR
9 records

Spectra

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Lantmõnnen Seed B.V.

NL UA
12 records

Setanta

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Teagasc Crops Research Centre

IE UA
12 records

Orla

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

TEAGASC OAK PARK RESEARCH CENTRE,CARLOW, CO-CARLOW

IE UA
12 records

Panther

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

R.P.GRAVELAND

FR NL
12 records

Merlot

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Wolfgang Walter, Norika Nordring - Kartoffelzucht - und Vermehrungs - GmbH Gross Lusewitz

LV UA
11 records

Nandina

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Heinrich Böhm

NL UA
12 records

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

GUUS HESELMANS

NL UA
13 records

Kestrel

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Jack Dunnett

IE NL
10 records

Jurata

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Heinrich Böhm

LU PL
11 records

Fuego

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

GERMICOPA S.A.S

ES FR
10 records

Elfe

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Nordkartoffel Zuchtgesellschaft mbH

BG DE
11 records

Cerisa

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Ets Desmazieres Artois Bapume

FR NL
12 records

Captiva

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Heinrich BOHM, DE

NL UA
12 records

Camel

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

STET HOLLAND BV, NL

HR NL
14 records

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

John Mara

DK IE
11 records

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Wolfgang Walter

SK UA
11 records

Amandine

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

UNICOPA (FR)/Clause Semences SA (FR)

BG FR
10 records

Vogue

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

NIEUW-VENNEP

NL
12 records

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