Сrop protection

Scientists at the University of Utah have announced ambitious plans - today work is underway to create fertilizers based on...

The study was carried out as part of the Priority 2030 program. Scientists from the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology...

In 2022, the Dutch Food and Commodity Authority (NVWA) identified eight cases of warts caused by the fungus Synchytrium endobioticum...

Strong demand and higher pricing characterized the potato market in early November, and tight market conditions are expected to continue...

Australian grocer Woolworths Group said heavy rain may keep squeezing supply of farm-based staples, including potato chips, as soaring shelf prices...

With harvest well underway, the Idaho Potato Commission says this year’s crop looks like a winning one, according to a...

After two dry years out of four, many farmers are seriously considering the future viability of a water hungry crop...

The growing threat of antimicrobial resistance has led researchers to search for new compounds everywhere, according to a news release issued by...

The Red River Valley potato crop has overcome getting into the ground later than optimal to looking like one of...

Europe’s blisteringly hot summer is forecast to result in the smallest potato crop in years, threatening further price rises for...

As North American potato growers are working to maximize their yield potential for the 2022 harvest, it’s also time to...

Retail sales and home consumption have plateaued again in Ireland due to soaring temperatures and peak holidays period, according to...

Potato farmers in Þykkvabær, Iceland’s spud capital, are optimistic about this year’s harvest. This is despite the presence of potato...

Temperatures in the South West region of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom reached 40 degrees Celsius last week, putting...

Phytophthora control is not getting any easier. The fungus can spread faster and faster, while the options for growers to...

Are you using the right fungicides to protect for the potato diseases you are attempting to control? Understanding how fungicides work can...

Improving the reliability of trap cropping to help farmers overcome potato cyst nematode (PCN) pressure, is being investigated as part...

Featured image: Rosé Walla Walla Sweets, photo courtesy of Michael Locati with Locati Farms and Pacific Agra Farms MARKETWalla Walla:Michael...

Project seeks to stimulate PCN to hatch outside of potato planting times IMPROVING the reliability of trap cropping to help...

Several video clips showing many areas across China where potatoes and other crops are “grown” on cement floors or even...

Colorado potato beetle (CPB) populations have an amazing ability to develop resistance to insecticides — including many of the carbamate,...

A team of researchers in Manitoba have found success using mustard biofumigation to rid fields of Verticillium wilt. Editor’s note:...

Farmers throughout southern and eastern Idaho were befuddled by the bizarre symptoms of crop damage that surfaced in their potato...

Uzbekistan’s forecasted potato crop volume in 2022 is pegged at 4.1m tons, which is 26% or 850.000 tons more than...

The Colorado potato beetle has evolved resistance to more than 50 different kinds of insecticides, making the insect a “super...

We are actively joining farmers in the real fight against the Colorado Potato Beetle (CPB), bringing the most effective tool for preventing...

The importance of studying 3. Farm management & crop production techniques Guta practices crop rotation by renting land from others....

New advice for in-furrow application of Amistar during potato planting will achieve a more complete zone of protection around the...

Using these fumigants to control soil-borne diseases had positive effects on the crop beyond disease control. Total and marketable yield...

MAINE'S latest potato crop in the USA was so big that railroads were being used for the first time in...

Herbicides are an important weed management tool for agriculture. The use of herbicides in multiple crops makes it necessary to...

During the event, one farmer asked: “Can a soil test help determine the need for a fungicide application, and does...

The US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s chip potato industry absorbs annually almost 83,000 tons of primarily white spuds, locally produced. To...

Growing shortages of crop protection and sharply rising prices are signs of the next supply crisis.

A lot of potatoes are coming out of the ground this fall covered in warty-looking growths. But the good news...

Pragati, Koraput with International Potato Center (CIP), Bhubaneswar and Government of Odisha, have initiated Potato cultivation in Koraput district of...

An annual inspection of buildings and hardware is an important step in store preparation before the new potato crop can...

Not all robust potato varieties will survive this year when it comes to phytophthora resistance

In its newsletter from the beginning of this week, the Research Center for Potato Cultivation PCA and Inagro discussed the...

Wire needles are a growing problem in potatoes. In more and more places damage is found in the crops in the...

The sanitary strategy begins with the soil work and the choice of the potato variety. It is convenient to analyze possible...

Potato growers on P.E.I. are turning to technology to help them track spores from late blight and other airborne diseases...

In the progeny of the large haulm killing trial that Delphy carried out last year in potato seed potatoes, it...

 The presence of the Colorado potato beetle on a potato field is quite a challenge. Especially for the organic grower, who...

Colorado Potato Beetle (CPB) is still the number one insect pest of potatoes around the world. It’s a formidable enemy;...

The infamous pathogen Phytophthora infestans caused famine in Ireland and other parts of Western Europe in the 19th century and...

Eugenia Banks of the Ontario Potato Board has created a resource on late blight, updated for the 2021 growing season.

Last year, arable farmer Roelof Kunst gained experience with the predatory mite Neoseiulus californicus, or Spical, as a control agent...

Azoles are widely used as fungicides in arable farming.

The German Union of the Potato Sector (UNIKA) and the University of Applied Sciences Kiel are investigating this question in...