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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.

Catimini

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Germicopa Breeding S.A.S

NL
5 records

Belami

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Station de Recherche du ComitÚ Nord

NL
7 records

Bosco

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Niederösterreichische Saatbaugenossenschaft reg.Gen.m.b.H.

AT
6 records

Bohemia

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Vesa Velhartice a.s.

CZ
5 records

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Karsten Ellenberg

DE
4 records

Axona

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

SARPO KFT

IE
5 records

Annalisa

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

SICA GROCEP

NL
8 records

Alizee

Terminated

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Station de Recherche du Comite Nord, F-76110

FR
5 records

Aisha

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

IPR B.V.

NL
7 records

Verity

Application submitted

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

CAITHNESS POTATO BREEDERS LTD

6 records

Eve Balfour

Terminated

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE

5 records

DEL'FIN

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

ZUJKOV ANDREJ EVGEN'EVICh / NEZAKONOVA LYuDMILA VASIL'EVNA / IGNATOVA NADEZhDA MAKSIMOVNA / MAHAN'KO LEONID ARKAD'EVICh / SChASLENOK EVA MAKSIMOVNA / BUS'KO IVAN IVANOVICh

PL
6 records

4 YOU

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

SOLANA SEEDS UNITED KINGDOM LTD. UNIT 4

DE
5 records

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Henri DEMESMAY (BURNOL) (FR)/Hauray Yves (FR)

FR
3 records

Agria

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

AT BE BG CZ DE DK +15
38 records

Remarka

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

AT BE BG CZ DE DK +13
38 records

Adora

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

AT BE BG CZ DE DK +14
37 records

Impala

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

AT BE BG CZ DE DK +11
27 records

Ditta

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

AT CZ DE DK EE ES +6
28 records

Bintje

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

AT DK ES FI FR HR +7
20 records

Fianna

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

EE HR IE LV NL PL +1
20 records

Hertha

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

DE EE FI HR IE NL +2
12 records

Montana

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

DE HR NL
17 records

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