Twinner

Early yielding ware variety for conventional and organic cultivation with natural resistance against late blight in foliage and tuber.

  • Large tubers
  • Beautiful appearance
  • Rather firm cooking
Next Generation Twinner
Twinner SNG CL®Agrico20
Agrico Aardappelveld
Twinner op de grond

Suggested fertiliser treatment
Nitrogen: standard advice +50kg/Ha, Split application may increase tuber numbers.
Potassium: standard advice.
Phosphate: standard advice.

Cultivation
Schedule irrigation on lighter soils for Common Scab control.

Plant spacing
35/45mm: 23cm (48,000 plants/Ha).
45/55mm: 27cm (41,000 plants/Ha).
Spacing figures for 90cm row width.

Herbicide sensitivity
Metribuzin (Sencorex) can be used on Twinner.

Storage
Average dormancy and is suitable for medium term storage.

Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity
    early / 7,5
  • Light sprout colour
    red violet / RV
  • Flower colour
    white / W
  • Number of berries
    high / 4,5
  • Foliage - initial development
    quite fast / 7,5
  • Foliage - final development
    average / 7
  • Foliage - firmness
    quite firm / 7
  • Foliage - selectability
    average / 6
  • Skin colour
    yellow / Y
  • Flesh colour
    yellow / 7
  • Skin finish
    good / 7
  • Tuber shape
    oval / O
  • Regularity of tuber shape
    regular / 7
  • Tuberisation
    quite low / 5
  • Tuber size
    quite large / 7,5
  • Regularity of size
    quite regular / 6,5
  • Dormancy
    average / 6

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Black spot (internal bruising)
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Growth cracks
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Harvest damage
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence
    sensitive / 5,5
  • Bentazon
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Ethylene
    15% to 25% more tubers / 7
  • Underwater weight
    359
  • Dry matter content
    19,7%
  • Cooking type
    rather firm / AB
  • Discolouration after cooking
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Raw discolouration
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Fries quality
    above average / 6,5
  • Dry matter distribution
    excellent / 8
  • Crisping quality
    unsuitable / 5
  • TGA-level
    7,8
  • Carvone oil
    25% more tubers / 8
  • Dormancy
    average / 6

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll
    - / -
  • Virus - Yn
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber)
    susceptible / 5
  • Spraing
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Late blight - foliage
    slightly to not susceptible / 8
  • Late blight - tuber
    slightly to not susceptible / 9
  • Fusarium
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Common scab
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Powdery scab
    very susceptible / 4
  • Virus - A
    - / -
  • Virus - X
    - / -
  • Black dot
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Erwinia
    - / -
  • Wart disease F1
    resistant / 10
  • Wart disease F6
    - / -
  • Wart disease F18
    - / -
  • Golden nematode Ro 1/4
    resistant / 9
  • Golden nematode Ro 2/3
    - / -
  • Golden nematode Ro 5
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 2
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 3
    - / -

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