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Diseases

Potato Scab

Solanum tuberosum L.

A group of potato diseases caused by various pathogens, primarily affecting the tubers. It includes common, powdery, silver, skin spot, and black scurf forms, which differ in their causal agents and symptoms.

In the reference 1 000 varieties crop Potato, where this is mentioned in the description.

Potato scab encompasses five main forms of the disease: common scab, caused by the actinomycetes Streptomyces scabies; powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea); silver scurf (Helminthosporium solani); skin spot (Polyscytalum pustulans); and black scurf, or Rhizoctonia disease (Rhizoctonia solani). Lesions appear on the tubers as ulcers, pustules, spots with a metallic sheen, or growths on the roots.

In agronomic practice, cultivar resistance is assessed using a scoring scale, as specific immunity genes for scab pathogens have not been identified. Breeding efforts are focused on selecting hybrid material with high field tolerance and complex resistance to diseases under production conditions.

General information about the subject — on the page Scab.

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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.

Balder

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Kweekbedrijf-Zpc (NL)

DK FR IT
8 records

Zafira

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Kweek- en Researchbedrijf Agrico B.V.

HR NL
8 records

Ambo

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Teagasc

ES IE NL
10 records

Topaze

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

GERMICOPA S.A.S

PT UA
8 records

Tornado

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Teagasc Crops Research Centre

IE UA
13 records

Sierra

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

PLANT BREEDING INTERNATIONAL CAMBRIDGE

CZ PL
9 records

Siena

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

van Loon, J.P.

FR NL
8 records

Sevim

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Ludwig Simon

DE UA
8 records

Jolene

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Peter Leonard Oldenkamp

NL UA
10 records

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

NORIKA Nordring-Kartoffelzucht-und Vermehrungs-GmbH Gross Luesewitz

DE FR
8 records

Favola

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Justus Böhm

DE UA
9 records

Ayla

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Wolfgang Walter

DE NL
9 records

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Gisele Lairy-Joly

FR UA
10 records

Waneta

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Walter DeJong, Cornell University

6 records

Lamoka

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Walter DeJong, Cornell University

6 records

Zina Red

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

STET HOLLAND

NL
11 records

Tyson

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

STET HOLLAND

NL
9 records

Vanilla

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Teagasc Crops Research Centre

IE
9 records

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

R.P.GRAVELAND

NL
9 records

Olympus

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

MARC A. SMITH

NL
10 records

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Interseed Potatoes GmbH

DE
8 records

Marisol

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

R.P.GRAVELAND

NL
9 records

Islara

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Europlant innovation GmbH & Co. KG, 21337 Luneburg

DE
8 records

Figaro

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Solana, D

DE
10 records

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