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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.

Sources8

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.

Cereza

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Johannes Martinus Kannegieter (J.M. Kannegieter)

NL UA
6 records

Almonda

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

SOLANA GMBH & CO KG

NL
7 records

Bohemia

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Vesa Velhartice a.s.

CZ
5 records

Neptun

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

RUP «NAUCHNO - PRAKTICHESKIJ CZENTR NACZIONALNOJ AKADEMII NAUK BELARUSI PO KARTOFELEVODSTVU I PLODOOVOSHHEVODSTVU»

PL
8 records

Altesse

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Grocep S.I.C.A.

FR PL
5 records

Efera

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Piet H.Smeenge

NL
6 records

Mascha

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

NORIKA Nordring- Kartoffelzucht- und Ver

DE
6 records

Forza

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Aardappelkweek- en Selectiebedrijf Ijsselmeerpolders B.V.

LU NL
7 records

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Wageningen UR Plant Breeding

NL
8 records

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Teagasc

IE MT
7 records

Eve Balfour

Terminated

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE

5 records

Aisha

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

IPR B.V.

NL
7 records

Perdiz

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

IPR BV

NL
8 records

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

STET HOLLAND

NL UA
8 records

Belami

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Station de Recherche du ComitÚ Nord

NL
7 records

Saprodi

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Sloots Aardappelkweekbedrijf B.V.

NL
6 records

Calisto

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Saatzucht Hergen Berding

DE NL
7 records

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Station du Comite Nord (FR)

FR
6 records

Lasunak

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

RUP «NAUCHNO - PRAKTICHESKIJ CZENTR NACZIONALNOJ AKADEMII NAUK BELARUSI PO KARTOFELEVODSTVU I PLODOOVOSHHEVODSTVU»

LT LV
4 records

Lorimer

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

M HIGGINS LTD

NL
4 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

Amado

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Heinrich Böhm

CZ DE
7 records

Tacoma

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Wolfgang Walter

LV
5 records

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