Agronomy

In India, Table Potato growers in the early-mid bulking segment were having very limited choice of varieties. They were facing challenges such as slow bulking, low marketable yield and hence lower...

Dr Judith Nyiraneza is a research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Charlottetown Research and Development Centre on Prince Edward Island. She and a team of colleagues conducted a two-year research study to evaluate the...

Grimme GL 430, GB 430 Grimme  offers a wide range of potato planters : 10 spoon models and 4 belt models. Spoon models range from 2- to 8-row; belt - from 2- to 4-row. Last spring, profi...

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 region in the southern part of Israel. Being a desert region rainfall...

Wire needles are a growing problem in potatoes. In more and more places damage is found in the crops in the field. There are virtually no chemicals left for this pest. Klaas...

The sanitary strategy begins with the soil work and the choice of the potato variety. It is convenient to analyze possible problems with the rains that have fallen until late in...

From potato planting to row closure is a busy time for growers. It’s also a busy time for weeds. Getting the herbicides on at the right time and linking up...

Soil fertilization does not always guarantee full availability of nutrients. Therefore, it is fully justified to supplement it with foliar feeding. Potato shows a varied (within quite wide limits) demand in...

Under the impulse of the Ecological Focus Area, the use of green manure mixtures is now commonplace. Mixtures have advantages in terms of soil cover and biomass, but if there are...

The potato is one of the plants with a high potassium demand. This element is taken up in significant amounts, affecting both the size and quality of tubers, and increasing plant...

Consulting and research organization Delphy has started a study to inject slurry into potato seed potatoes in a row using GPS.

A rotation is more than not getting sick of a crop, it is also about keeping the soil healthy gezond

Blight is the bane of potato growing and experts warn that, long-term, pressure in the UK is only set to rise.  Agronomist and Arable Farmer asked a specialist agronomist, a grower and...

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 and bruise potatoes during harvest operations. This serious problem costs growers, packers,...

Blight is the bane of potato growing and experts warn that, long-term, pressure in the UK is only set to rise.

Good soil is fundamental to growing healthy, productive, and profitable crops. Jay Hao, Professor of Plant Pathology for the University of Maine, is working to reduce pathogens and improve soil...

Many things can go wrong when growing a potato crop. Some problems are caused by biotic factors — living organisms like pathogens, weeds, insects, and nematodes. Other problems are abiotic...

From water management methods to research project results, our resources will help you to decide when and how to irrigate.   Why do we irrigate? Water is applied to potato...

In some species and in some crops, pest monitoring requires the use of additional tools. In many cases, their purchase is a low cost that pays for itself quickly. Every professional...

Wageningen University have established critical nutrient levels of young potatoes, beets, onion and cereal leaves, which can be tested against crop analysis.

Europatat is part of an international consortium involved in the ADAPT (“  Accelerated Development of Multiple Stress Tolerant Potato Varieties  ”) research project, which aims to develop new strategies to make potatoes...

We want to know which conditions ensure the growth of populations of insects, such as bean spider mites, so that we can take preventive actions with the lowest impact on...

Soil pH affects many aspects of crop production, especially nutrient availability. Most of our main field crops like a neutral soil pH from 6-7. Soils with a pH higher than...

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 point

Potatoes are a great crop to have in a field unless they pop up in years when they aren’t supposed to be there, begging the question

Chlorine is ubiquitous in nature and is taken by plants from various sources: fertilizers, soil, precipitation, water used for irrigation

new bio-stimulant shown to be effective in helping potato crops cope with heat stress is available for use this season

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 the potato sector can benefit the most from digitalisation.

Plants can absorb three different types of nitrogen: nitrate, ammonium and amine

What form the basis of the usable soil capacity?

verticillium wilt is a serious disease that diminishes quality and causes significant yield loss by reducing tuber size.

Gypsum as a source of calcium has again come to the fore as a quick way to improve soil structure

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.