Potato cyst nematode (PCN) is the UK’s primary potato pest
“A better understanding of soil health will lead to ways of producing more potatoes”
Plants can absorb three different types of nitrogen: nitrate, ammonium and amine
What form the basis of the usable soil capacity?
Heat during the growing season is causing disease problems for potato growers
Chemigation in drip-irrigated crops allows for the delivery of systemic insecticides through irrigation water directly to the root system.
Wildflowers grown in strips through potato crops could control disease-carrying aphids and may help growers faced with a dwindling number...
Widely used herbicides are struggling to kill some weeds. Some experts think heat could be part of the problem. AROUND...
Calcium plays an important role in in potato quality, production. Cell membrane health is very crucial to the survival and...
A fertiliser program for potatoes growing in sandy soils must balance environmental risk with maximising returns. Coastal sands are naturally...