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Twister

A second early ware variety for conventional and organic cultivation with a good yield and late blight resistant in foliage and tuber.

  • Beautiful appearance
  • Good storability
  • Rather firm cooking
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Product manager Gerdien Poppe about Twister

Product manager Gerdien Poppe tells about the characteristics of Twister. A rather firm yellow ware variety with good yield and late blight resistance in foliage and tuber.

Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity
    second early / 7
  • Light sprout colour
    red violet / RV
  • Flower colour
    light purple / LP
  • Number of berries
    above average / 5,5
  • Foliage - initial development
    quite fast / 7
  • Foliage - final development
    quite good / 7,5
  • Foliage - firmness
    quite firm / 7
  • Skin colour
    yellow / Y
  • Flesh colour
    light yellow / 6,5
  • Skin finish
    good / 7
  • Tuber shape
    round oval / RO
  • Regularity of tuber shape
    regular / 7
  • Tuberisation
    average / 6
  • Tuber size
    quite large / 7
  • Regularity of size
    quite regular / 6,5
  • Dormancy
    quite long / 7

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Black spot (internal bruising)
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Growth cracks
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Harvest damage
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence
    very sensitive / 3
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence
    very sensitive / 3
  • Bentazon
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Ethylene
    5% fewer tubers / 4
  • Underwater weight
    345
  • Dry matter content
    19%
  • Cooking type
    rather firm / AB
  • Discolouration (after cooking)
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Raw discolouration
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Fries quality
    unsuitable / 5
  • Dry matter distribution
    - / -
  • Crisping quality
    unsuitable / 4
  • TGA-level
    5,63

Resistances

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

Would you like to know more about the Twister?

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Ilie Patu
Productmanager
Ilie Patu