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Variety overview Ukraine
Twister
Market segment - Organic
Organic
Market segment - Retail
Fresh
Market segment - Traditional
Traditional
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
Cultivation Recommendation
Marketsegments
Market segment - Organic
Organic
Market segment - Retail
Fresh
Market segment - Traditional
Traditional
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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
Foliage - selectability:
average / 6,5
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
5 low | 9 high
Tuberisation:
average / 6
Tuber size:
quite large / 7
Regularity of size:
quite regular / 6,5
4 short | 8 long
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
3 very sensitive | 8 minimum tot none sensitive
Bentazon:
quite sensitive / 6
4 poor result | 8 good result
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
Virus - A:
- / -
Virus - X:
- / -
Black dot:
slightly susceptible / 7
Erwinia:
- / -
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:
- / -
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