Agronomy

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...

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.

Growers using Nemathorin for the first time this spring to control nematodes in potato crops are being urged to carefully...

A new protocol for estimating the determinacy of potato varieties will be released in the next few months and will...

Stabilizing nitrogen can help make fertilizing more efficient.

This is evident from a recent inventory by Eurofins Agro of three crops: maize, grassland and ware potatoes. Too low...