Fertilizers and pesticides

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

A major new project will tackle pests in potatoes through the protection of clean land and the management of land...

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...

Soil fertilization does not always guarantee full availability of nutrients. Therefore, it is fully justified to supplement it with foliar feeding....

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...

growers to recognize the potential food safety risks associated with the rapidly expanding use of biostimulants and biofertilizers in crop...

Do not rush to judgment on those herbicides, however, if grasses become a problem after potatoes have emerged.

“The damage of Alternaria in potatoes is – certainly in recent years – greater than that of Phytophthora. Most growers have...

Two years ago, a team of potato scientists and researchers from across Canada launched a comprehensive study aimed at reducing...

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

Yes, that’s phosphite, not phosphate. While it’s chemically similar to the widely used and essential phosphate — the ‘P’ in...

rable farmers are increasingly and earlier encountering the Colorado potato beetle in potato plants.

In the presence of Phytophthora infestation in a potato crop, a stop spraying can be carried out at a short...