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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
Marketsegments
Organic
Traditional
Retail
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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
  • Tuber shape:
    round oval / RO
  • Flesh colour:
    light yellow / 6,5
  • 5 low | 9 high
    Tuberisation:
    average / 6
  • Tuber size:
    quite large / 7
  • Skin colour:
    yellow / Y
  • Flower colour:
    light purple / LP
  • Number of berries:
    below average / 5,5
  • Foliage - initial development:
    quite fast / 7
  • Foliage - final development:
    quite good / 7,5
  • Foliage - selectability:
    average / 6,5
  • 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:
    345
  • Cooking type:
    rather firm / AB
  • 4 short | 8 long
    Dormancy:
    quite long / 7
  • Harvest damage:
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence:
    very sensitive / 3
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence:
    very sensitive / 3
  • 3 very sensitive | 8 minimum tot none sensitive
    Bentazon:
    quite sensitive / 6
  • 4 poor result | 8 good result
    Ethylene:
    5% fewer tubers / 4
  • Secondary growth:
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Growth cracks:
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Black spot (internal bruising):
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Dry matter content :
    19
  • Dry matter distribution:
    - / -
  • TGA-level:
    5,63
  • Raw discolouration:
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Gray discolouration (after cooking):
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Fries quality:
    unsuitable / 5
  • Crisping quality:
    unsuitable / 4
  • Carvone oil:
    15% to 25% more tubers / 7

Resistances

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

Background

Twister (TW-08-1507) is a cross between AR 01-3104 with Zafira as the father. In both breeding lines, many old AR varieties are used as the parent, such as Armundo, Arielle, Venouska and Vokal. A gene is bred in on the mother plant’s side for resistance to late blight (Phytophthora), with a similar background to the variety Carolus. The variety was selected through the part of the selection program known as the ‘BioSelect route’. In other words: predominantly on trial fields located at organic growers. Twister has therefore been introduced to the market as a variety that can also be grown organically.

With its Phytophthora resistance, in combination with good presentation and satisfactory consumption quality, Twister has plenty of positive traits that offer opportunities within the retail landscape. In addition to the interest shown by Agrico’s own table potato department, Twister has now also been successfully introduced to countries such as France, Italy, Poland, and Sweden.

 

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