Diseases
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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Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato
NORIKA Nordring-Kartoffelzucht-und Vermehrungs-GmbH Gross Luesewitz
Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato
Station de Recherche du ComitÚ Nord
Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato
Wolfgang Walter, NORIKA-Nordring-Kartoffelzucht- und Vermehrungs-GmbH Gross Luesewitz
Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato
Justus Böhm
Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato
Lantmõnnen Seed B.V.
Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato
Wolfgang Walter
Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato
Gisele Lairy-Joly
Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato
Walter DeJong, Cornell University
Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato
Walter DeJong, Cornell University
Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato
STET HOLLAND
Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato
STET HOLLAND
Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato
Teagasc Crops Research Centre
Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato
Kweek-en Researchbedrijf Agrico B.V., Netherlands
Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato
Kweek- en Researchbedrijf Agrico BV
Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato
Interseed Potatoes GmbH
Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato
Jack Dunnett, Caithness Potato Breeders Ltd
Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato
R.P.GRAVELAND
Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato
Heinrich Böhm
Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato
Europlant innovation GmbH & Co. KG, 21337 Luneburg
Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato
Solana, D
Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato
Justus Böhm
Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato
Justus Böhm
Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato
HANS JURGEN EVERS (T)
Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato
John Cockram, Irish Potato Breeders