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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.

Bona

Terminated

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Nordkartoffel Zuchtgesellschaft mbH

IT
1 record

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Koval` Nataliia Demianivna, Serhiienko Viktoriia Mykhailivna, Zhyhailo Iosyp Ivanovych, Nazar Stefaniia Hryhorivna, Tereschenko Oleksandr Ivanovych, Osypchuk Andrii Antonovych, Sheremet Nina Illarionivna,

UA
1 record

Bogna

Terminated

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Instytut Ziemniaka

PL
1 record

Bekas

Terminated

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Pomorsko Mazurska Hodowla Ziemniaka Sp.z o.o. z siedziba w Strzekecinie

PL
2 records

Bazaliia

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Oliinyk Tetiana Mykolaivna, Borivs`kyi Anatolii Frantsovych, Furdyha Mykola Mykolaiovych, Abdurahimova Tamara Volodymyrivna, Borzykh Oleksandr Ivanovych, Hunchak Volodymyr Mykhailovych, Tymko Mykola Hryhorovych, Bondarchuk Anatolii Andriiovych, Sydorchuk

UA
2 records

Atol STC

Terminated

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Olsztyńska Hodowla Ziemniaka i Nasiennictwo OLZNAS-CN sp. z o.o.

PL
1 record

Anthora

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Averis Seeds B.V.

NL
2 records

Aura

Terminated

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Vilmorin SA (FR)

FR
1 record

Anika

Terminated

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Zelia Avreliia Heorhiivna, Cherednichenko Liubov Mykolaivna, Osypchuk Alla Andriivna, Taktaiev Borys Anatoliiovych, Nazar Stefaniia Hryhorivna, Osypchuk Andrii Antonovych, Furdyha Mykola Mykolaiovych, Bondarchuk Anatolii Andriiovych,

UA
2 records

Sierra Gold

Terminated

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

DR. GREIGHTON MILLER J. JNR.

1 record

Vesta

Application submitted

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

UA
1 record

Vesnianka

Withdrawn

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

UA
1 record

Wauseon

Terminated

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

NL
1 record

Vira

Application submitted

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

UA
1 record

Slovianka

Application submitted

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

UA
1 record

Teteriv

Application submitted

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

UA
1 record

Senta

Terminated

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

IT
1 record

Poliska 96

Application submitted

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

UA
1 record

Pansta

Terminated

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

SE
1 record

Norchip

Withdrawn

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

NL
1 record

Krasunia

Application submitted

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

UA
2 records

KATHADIN

Terminated

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

ES
1 record

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