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Twinner

Early yielding ware variety for conventional and organic cultivation with late blight resistance in foliage and tuber.
  • Large tubers
  • Beautiful appearance
  • Rather firm cooking
Marketsegments
Organic
Traditional
Retail
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Product manager Gerdien Poppe about Twinner

Product manager Gerdien Poppe explains the features of Twinner. An early yielding ware variety with late blight resistance in foliage and tuber. Both retailers and growers are fond of this new Next Generation member.

Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity:
    early / 7,5
  • Tuber shape:
    oval / O
  • Flesh colour:
    yellow / 7
  • 5 low | 9 high
    Tuberisation:
    quite low / 5
  • Tuber size:
    quite large / 7,5
  • Skin colour:
    yellow / Y
  • Flower colour:
    white / W
  • Number of berries:
    low / 4,5
  • Foliage - initial development:
    quite fast / 7,5
  • Foliage - final development:
    average / 7
  • Foliage - selectability:
    average / 6
  • Foliage - firmness:
    quite firm / 7
  • Light sprout colour:
    red violet / RV
  • Regularity of tuber shape:
    regular / 7
  • Regularity of size:
    quite regular / 6,5
  • Skin finish:
    good / 7

Sensitivity and quality

  • Underwater weight:
    359
  • Cooking type:
    rather firm / AB
  • 4 short | 8 long
    Dormancy:
    average / 6
  • Harvest damage:
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence:
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence:
    sensitive / 5,5
  • 3 very sensitive | 8 minimum tot none sensitive
    Bentazon:
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • 4 poor result | 8 good result
    Ethylene:
    15% to 25% more tubers / 7
  • Secondary growth:
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Growth cracks:
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Black spot (internal bruising):
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Dry matter content :
    19,7
  • Dry matter distribution:
    - / -
  • TGA-level:
    7,8
  • Raw discolouration:
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Gray discolouration (after cooking):
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Fries quality:
    above average / 6,5
  • Crisping quality:
    unsuitable / 5
  • Carvone oil:
    25% more tubers / 8

Resistances

  • Late blight - foliage:
    slightly to not susceptible / 8
  • Late blight - tuber:
    slightly to not susceptible / 9
  • Common scab:
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Golden nematode Ro 1/4:
    resistant / 9
  • Golden nematode Ro 2/3:
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 2:
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 3:
    - / -
  • Powdery scab:
    very susceptible / 4
  • Fusarium:
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Erwinia:
    - / -
  • Black dot:
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Spraing:
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Virus - Leaf roll:
    - / -
  • Virus - A:
    - / -
  • Virus - X:
    - / -
  • Virus - Yn:
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber):
    susceptible / 5
  • Wart disease F1:
    resistant / 10
  • Wart disease F6:
    - / -
  • Wart disease F18:
    - / -

Background

Twinner is an early-maturing consumer variety with excellent consumption quality. Apart from the crossing, this variety was developed entirely on the organic farm run by the te Winkel family. After experiencing Phytophthora problems in organic potato cultivation for a number of years, Wim te Winkel decided to lend a hand. Wim was able to connect quickly with Agrico Research because he sold all his potatoes through Agrico.

The cross that produced the Twinner variety was between seedling MA 98-0032 (from Mansholt) and seedling AR 00-87-22 (from Agrico Research). There are a couple of well-known varieties among Twinner’s ancestors – Marabel and Sirco, both Mansholt varieties. A resistance gene against Phytophthora has been crossed into the parent sourced from Agrico Research.

Each seedling bred at Agrico is assigned a two-letter code followed by a year and an individual number. The abbreviation for te Winkel is TW, and when combined with the word “winner”, forms this variety’s name.

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Would you like to know more about the Twinner?

The best way to guarantee a good harvest and the best return on your investment is to start out with healthy, high-quality seed potatoes and expert advice. At Agrico, we are committed to and invest in knowledge and research. This has enabled us to cultivate a wide range of unique potato varieties that display effective resistance, strong variety characteristics and a high yield. Naturally, the seed potatoes we supply are fully certified.

If you have any specific questions about the Twinneror would like to know what Agrico can do for you with respect to varieties, please feel free to contact us.

Adrie Omtzigt

Product Manager
Omtzigt, Adrie | PM | Portret

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