Agronomy
Potato viral diseases can be difficult to identify from leaf symptoms alone. The symptoms can vary depending on…
Potatoes in Practice, the UK’s largest field event for potatoes and a highlight of the season for the sector…
Prince Edward Island (PEI) and New Brunswick Canadian provinces are announcing excellent potato crops developments. According to the…
Both chemical fertilizers and cover crops can help build the nitrogen content in soil. But cover crops come with many…
In India, Table Potato growers in the early-mid bulking segment were having very limited choice of varieties. They were…
Dr Judith Nyiraneza is a research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Charlottetown Research and Development Centre on Prince Edward…
Grimme GL 430, GB 430 Grimme offers a wide range of potato planters : 10 spoon models and 4 belt models. Spoon models…
Proper season-long soil moisture is the key to maximizing tuber yield, quality and grower return.
Potatoes are the most important vegetable grown in Israel and are an important crop in the Negev desert…
Wire needles are a growing problem in potatoes. In more and more places damage is found in the crops…
The sanitary strategy begins with the soil work and the choice of the potato variety. It is convenient to…
From potato planting to row closure is a busy time for growers. It’s also a busy time for…
Soil fertilization does not always guarantee full availability of nutrients. Therefore, it is fully justified to supplement it with…
Under the impulse of the Ecological Focus Area, the use of green manure mixtures is now commonplace. Mixtures have…
The potato is one of the plants with a high potassium demand. This element is taken up in significant…
Consulting and research organization Delphy has started a study to inject slurry into potato seed potatoes in a…
A rotation is more than not getting sick of a crop, it is also about keeping the soil…
Blight is the bane of potato growing and experts warn that, long-term, pressure in the UK is only…
When growing potatoes, the pH of the soil is important. It affects susceptibility to diseases.
If you see cracks and fissures, you know it’s shatter damage. Photo by Rabecka Hendricks. It’s easy to batter…
Blight is the bane of potato growing and experts warn that, long-term, pressure in the UK is only…
Good soil is fundamental to growing healthy, productive, and profitable crops. Jay Hao, Professor of Plant Pathology for…
Many things can go wrong when growing a potato crop. Some problems are caused by biotic factors —…
From water management methods to research project results, our resources will help you to decide when and how…
In some species and in some crops, pest monitoring requires the use of additional tools. In many cases, their…
Wageningen University have established critical nutrient levels of young potatoes, beets, onion and cereal leaves, which can be…
Europatat is part of an international consortium involved in the ADAPT (“ Accelerated Development of Multiple Stress Tolerant Potato…
We want to know which conditions ensure the growth of populations of insects, such as bean spider mites,…
Soil pH affects many aspects of crop production, especially nutrient availability. Most of our main field crops like…
Measures against brown rot in the provinces of Antwerp and Limburg
The prevalence of virus in seed potato stocks is challenging the industry and we are at a tipping…
Potatoes are a great crop to have in a field unless they pop up in years when they…
Chlorine is ubiquitous in nature and is taken by plants from various sources: fertilizers, soil, precipitation, water used…
new bio-stimulant shown to be effective in helping potato crops cope with heat stress is available for use…
Potato cyst nematode (PCN) is the UK’s primary potato pest
A cross country check-in on what to expect for potato diseases this growing season.
With a digital noise counting system, monitoring no longer lags behind
A new report indicates the pyrethroid sensitivity of two important aphid virus vectors
“A better understanding of soil health will lead to ways of producing more potatoes”
fumigation with chloropicrin is reported to actually increase the population of the fungus Trichoderma spp.
P.E.I. potato growers estimates cost of wireworm damage to crops at $5 million a year
The infection currently costs the industry upwards of £25 million a year
cultivate for a long time on fertile clay soil without supplying organic and artificial fertilizers from outside
red clover affects nitrogen levels in soil and water during a crop rotation
how to stimulate soil life that is favorable for plant growth
We do not want to open the door to brown rot infections in seed potato cultivation
very important factor for the effectiveness of a crop protection product is the weather
“Stay connected –new strategies for the potato sector”, this special edition of the Europatat Congress will explore how…
Plants can absorb three different types of nitrogen: nitrate, ammonium and amine
What form the basis of the usable soil capacity?
