Horizon is an advanced potato cultivar from Russia with high yield, good taste, white flesh, and smooth skin. It shows strong resistance to viruses and fungal diseases, but low resistance to nematodes.
Plant Characteristics
- Maturity: Intermediate
- Foliage Cover: Good
- Flower Colour: Red violet
- Flower Frequency: Occasional
Tuber Characteristics
- Skin Colour: White to yellow
- Flesh Colour: White
- Shape: Oval
- Eye Depth: Shallow to medium
- Skin Texture: Very smooth to smooth
Resistance to Fungal Diseases
- Late Blight on Foliage: Medium to high
- Stem Canker (Rhizoctonia solani): Medium to high
- Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum): Field immune
- Field Immunity to Wart Races: Race 1
Resistance to Virus Diseases
- Potato Virus M (PVM): Low
- Potato Virus S (PVS): High to very high
- Potato Virus X (PVX): Very high
- Potato Virus Y (PVY, strain not specified): Medium
- Potato Leaf Roll Virus (PLRV): Medium
Resistance to Pests
- Globodera rostochiensis Race 1: Low
- Globodera pallida Race 1: Low
- Globodera pallida Race 2: Low
- Globodera pallida Race 3: Low
