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#potatowartdisease#CFIA#potatoindustry#potatofarmers#nationalsurvey#agriculture Potato wart disease, caused by the fungus Synchytrium endobioticum, is a severe threat to potato crops worldwide. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) conducts annual surveys to detect and manage the ...

Abstract Potato wart disease is considered one of the most important quarantine pests for cultivated potato and is caused by the obligate biotrophic chytrid fungus Synchytrium endobioticum. This review integrates observations from early potato ...

Synchytrium endobioticum is a quarantine potato disease in many countries. Potato is the only cultivated host, but wild Solanum spp. are also infected in Mexico. A number of solanaceous plants, including tomatoes, can be ...

Explore the collaborative efforts between FOBEK BV and HLB in advancing potato breeding research to develop varieties resistant to wart diseases, offering promising insights for stakeholders across the agricultural sector.

The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) has discovered an unknown variant of wart disease on the agricultural plots in the municipality of Stadskanaal that were recently infected with wart ...

The discovery of wart disease on two plots in the Peat Colonial area is a cause for concern for the potato sector. The infection was found in Festien, a variety with a high ...

A Call for Collaboration in Potato Cultivation and Protection The agricultural community, particularly those involved in potato cultivation, is currently facing significant developments regarding the management of potato wart disease. On August ...

Potato wart is a serious disease caused by the fungus Synchytrium endobioticum. It can drastically reduce potato yields and render tubers unmarketable, both in the U.S. and abroad. The disease is already ...

Protecting America's Potato Crops: Senators Urge USDA to Take Action Against Potato Wart In a significant bipartisan move, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) have led a group of ...

Addressing the Threat of Potato Wart from Canadian Imports Washington D.C.—In a united effort, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) led a bipartisan group of Senate colleagues in addressing ...

CFIA’s draft National Potato Wart Response Plan undergoes consultation, aiming to bolster Canada’s defenses against potato wart with enhanced measures and stakeholder input. Learn about the plan’s key focus areas and implications ...

In India, Punjab stands amongst top potato producing state with production of 30.3 Lac tonnes in 2022 from 1.10 Lac hectares. Punjab has emerged as a centre for Potato seed production and ...

Biosecurity New Zealand is working with Potatoes New Zealand to respond to a detection of Potato mop-top virus (PMTV) in potato tubers in Canterbury. Incident controller, David Yard, emphasizes Potato mop-top virus ...

The National Potato Council (NPC) of the United States remains vigilant as the threat of potato wart introduction to U.S. soils from potatoes originating in Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada persists. Despite ...

The vegetative body of actinomycetes has a very thin branching mycelium, resembling the mycelium of some fungi. They are similar to fungi by the appearance of radiant colonies on dense nutrient media. ...

The Long Term Management Plan to address potato wart on Canada’s Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) was “modernized” recently, according to a statement from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to the U.S. ...

Scientists at the University of Maine are evaluating if lobster shells can cultivate beneficial microbial communities that ward off soilborne potato pathogens. The novel shell-to-spud combination may connect two cornerstones of Maine’s ...

In 2022, the Dutch Food and Commodity Authority (NVWA) identified eight cases of warts caused by the fungus Synchytrium endobioticum in potato cultivation.This concerns eight agricultural plots of seven different potato growers ...

The Canadian province of Prince Edward Island (PEI) wants to be able to restrict the cultivation of red fruits in areas where the warty disease has been found in potatoes.To this end, ...

On October 14, USDA’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service released a comprehensive report on the current status of the potato wart crisis on Prince Edward Island, Canada, stating that PEI’s potato wart infestation is ...

Potatoes with as much vitamin C as a lemon could be grown and sold in England within five years using “game-changing” gene-editing technology, scientists have predicted. Researchers at the James Hutton Institute ...

Harvesting 80 tons of potatoes with 25 grams of seed per hectare? That's certainly where it's going, according to Solynta's R&D director Edwin van der Vossen. Now that the technology behind the ...

Good news: the newest ‘high-tech tool’ for diagnosing crop disease is also man’s best friend — a friendly dog. Specifically, it’s a crew of five dogs trained by Andrea Parish of Dayton, ...

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The National Potato Council (NPC) in the U.S. today released the following statement in response to USDA’s announcement that trade in table stock potatoes would resume between Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada, and the United States: ...