Agronomy

Belgian processors Agristo and Clarebout are leading the way with significant contract price increases for french fries grown during the 2023 growing season.Late last week, Agristo announced that the processor...

During a trip to the Tyumen region, Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev held a working meeting with the head of the region Alexander Moor. The parties discussed the current indicators...

University of Idaho Extension has published a new bulletin to help potato farmers recognize the symptoms of bacterial ring rot (BRR) and protect their operations from this devastating potato crop disease.   Idaho...

The ADAPT project aims at developing new strategies to make potatoes fit for the challenging growth conditions of the future. Similarly, variety testing needs new strategies to identify and understand the...

Life stages: eggs, wingless forms, winged forms. Aphids are small, soft-bodied, sucking insects 1–4 mm in length. Aphids affect the potato crop directly by feeding and indirectly by transmitting viruses...

Life stages: eggs, nymphs, adults.The tarnished plant bug is a common pest of many vegetable and fruit crops. Adults overwinter in protected areas: in debris found in fencerows, in woods,...

Life stages: eggs, larvae, pupae, adult beetles. The Colorado potato beetle (CPB) is one of the most serious insect pests of potatoes. The feeding damagecaused by CPB will drastically reduce...

The Canada-Manitoba Crop Diversification Center (CMCDC) is looking for ways to reduce the labor involved in removing green potato vines in the fall. The practice is marketed as a way...

Ethiopia has given the green light to carry out observation field trials for genetically modified potatoes that are said to be resistant to blight, a move seen as a further...

Due to the present fertilizer shortage and rising production costs, efficient nitrogen fertilization is becoming more and more important. Years of research on the Royal Avebe’s trial and demo fields...