AGROTECHNOLOGY

Description: Potato Fusarium Dry Rot is a destructive disease that affects potato crops worldwide. Learn how to prevent and treat...

Description: Verticillium wilt is a serious plant disease that affects a wide range of crops, including trees, shrubs, vegetables, and...

Description: Potato blackleg is a bacterial disease that can affect the quality and yield of potato crops. This article explains...

Description: Potato Cyst Nematode is a serious pest that affects potato plants. This article provides an in-depth look at the...

Late blight is a serious and highly contagious fungal disease that affects potato plants. It is caused by the pathogen...

Description: Early blight is a common fungal disease that affects potato plants, leading to significant yield losses. This article provides...

Description: Potatoes are a staple food crop in many parts of the world, but they are susceptible to various diseases...

It’s common for farmers to study climatological patterns for planting and harvesting. But as one of the only mail-order seed...

Ah, the humble spud. Whether it’s turned into a crispy and delicious chip smothered in sauce or is mashed, fried,...

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) scientists in Canada have been studying late blight for many years to ensure that Canada...

Anthocyanin is the pigment responsible for the red, pink, purple and blue colours in flowers, fruits and leaves.Affected tubers show...

Potatoes are sensitive not only to freezing but also to chilling. Chilling injury occurs if tubers are exposed to temperatures...

As of January 31, inclusive, 460,000 tons of Dutch seed potatoes have already been sent abroad. According to the Dutch...

This disorder is more frequent in physiologically aged tubers and in those stored at 12°C. Pile pressure also causes sprouts...

Translucent End (Sugar End). High temperature or moisture stress during the early stages of tuber growth may interfere with starch...

Blackheart is caused by a deficiency of oxygen that impairs tuber respiration. Freshly harvested tubers are especially vulnerable to blackheart...

Potatoes have received a key health boost on the back of a major research project recently completed by staff at...

The vascular tissue turns brown near the stem end of the tuber. In severely affected tubers, vascular discolouration will extend...

Land availability, rising social and regulatory pressures, and soaring costs are also major challenges for seed producers. But in general,...

The products are actively used by enterprises of the road construction industry. Since August 2022, the Intech company has been...

The extension of the 2 out of 10 potato exemption allows potatoes to be grown on the same plot for...

This disorder has been associated with calcium deficiency, low soil moisture and periods of uneven growth.

High soil and tuber temperatures cause heat necrosis.It occurs when a period of slow tuber growth is followed by active...

Field robots can play a critical role in sustainable farming. This was recently demonstrated at the annual congress of the...

Brown center is associated with cool, wet soil conditions during early tuber development.Brown centers in small tubers may disappear if...

At the site of the Institute of Agrobiotechnologies. A.V. Zhuravsky Federal Research Center of the Komi Scientific Center of the...

Also known as ‘Johnny Potato Seed‘, this small farmer turned a plot of land in Wisconsin into the epicenter of...

Potato Storage Insight’s latest bulletin has advice for dealing with the continuing battle against rising storage costs and a reminder of the...

Potato farmers in the northern parts of the country have suffered heavy crop losses due to ground frost owing to...

A new database of 19 insect genomes, including the world's most dangerous pests, has been created in the UK to...

Pesticides have proven effective in protecting crop yield against plant pathogens, but the environmental detriment to nontarget organisms has prompted...

It’s an essential British food – a key component of national dishes like fish and chips and the Sunday roast. But...

Last year, 6.6 billion rubles of subsidies were allocated to Russian farmers for land reclamation activities. Financing increased by 27%...

The Plant Protection Environmental Indicator (MIG) will be available for use in 2024. This allows farmers and gardeners to monitor...

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Throughout 2022, potato growers in the EU were impacted by higher production costs, largely from energy, fertiliser and transportation. As...

Dutch potato breeder Solynta and Kenyan seed producer Freshcrop Limited will work together to develop a hybrid potato in Kenya....

High salt content in the soil injures the root tips of potato plants. Plants cannot take up nutrients, and growth...

Higher Russet potato pricing could help demand for potatoes in other colors, David Moquist of North Dakota based O. C. Schulz...

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...

German BASF and Israeli StePac will jointly develop a line of new environmentally friendly packaging for potatoes, vegetables and fruits....

Hail damage varies from holes through leaves and impactlesions on stems to partial defoliation or vine kill.

The year 2022 has been marked by an unprecedented summer weather shock (heat extremes and drought), which has had a...

Across Europe, the potato demand for the holiday period improved, according to the latest Irish Farmers’ Association report. The document...

The Ecuadorian growers hope to maintain the native potato cultivars yana shungo (black heart) and puca shungo (red heart) through...

Russian students have created a new smart system for monitoring the storage conditions of vegetables, which, due to a more...