AGROTECHNOLOGY

Foliar and stem symptoms develop only on plants growing from infected seed. Because infected seed does not transmit the disease...

PVX persists in infected seed potatoes or volunteer potato plants. This virus is transmitted mechanically and by plant-to-plant contact.Symptoms. PVX...

PVY is the common strain of the PVY complex and is the most important virus infecting potatoes in Ontario. PVY...

The potato leafroll virus (PLRV) is introduced into a potato field either by planting infected seed tubers or by aphid...

Toxic seed piece syndrome (TSPS) develops when the potato plant absorbs the breakdown juices from its rotting seed piece. Often,...

For many years, the cause of pink eye was thought to be a bacterium. However, recent scientific reports suggest that...

Pathogen. The scab bacterium is a common soil inhabitant that survives for long periods of time, even in the absence...

Pathogen. Clostridium bacteria are present in most soils.Disease development. The bacteria probably infects tubers at harvest. The disease is favoured...

Alfalfa mosaic virus is transmitted by aphids. Aphids acquire the virus from infected alfalfa or clover plants or from infected...

When the New York Times’ food and wine writer waxes poetic about your potato—“Inside the Huckleberry Gold’s purple jacket is a fine-textured potato...

Pathogen. The soft rot bacterium is common in all agricultural soils and in surface water. Disease development. The bacterium invades...

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Pathogen. The aerial stem rot bacterium is soil- borne. Contaminated surface water is an important source of infection. Disease development....

Pathogen. The blackleg bacterium is primarily seed- borne. Contaminated handling equipment such as seed cutters and picker planters contribute to...

Australia is facing a potato shortage after wild east coast weather ravaged farms and delayed growers’ sowing crops — which means hot...

Pathogen. The fungus persists either in the soil or on infected seed tubers. Disease development. Infection takes place through wounds...

Statistics Canada has estimated Canadian Potato Production in 2022 to be 122,970,000 hundred weight, up 0.8% over 2021. Despite a...

Pathogen. The powdery scab fungus may survive many years in the soil as resting spores. It attacks roots, stolons, young...

Pathogen. The leak fungus is widely distributed in soils. It also attacks the underground parts of many other crops. Disease...

As of the end of November 2022, nearly 60% of the United States remains in moderate to exceptional drought, according...

Pathogen. The pink rot fungus is soil-borne and is found in most agricultural soils. Disease development. Infection usually occurs before...

Pathogen. The silver scurf fungus overwinters mainly on infected seed tubers. It can also survive for at least one year...

In the UK, the Mintec benchmark price for packaging potatoes fell 5% month-over-month (m-o-m) to GBP190/MT for the week of...

Pathogen. The black dot fungus persists as tiny sclerotia on the surface of tubers or in plant debris in the...

Pathogen. The grey mold fungus persists on dead or dying plant material in the soil.Disease development. Cool, humid conditions and...

Pathogen. The white mold fungus persists in the soil as sclerotia. Sclerotia are black, hard, irregular structures that may survive...

On December 13, 2022, an online conference "Agricultural machinery market in 2022: supply revolution, new players and prospects for import...

Pathogen. This fungus persists in the soil for many years as tiny propagules called microsclerotia. Short crop rotations, especially in...

Pathogen. The fungus persists in plant refuse in the soil, on weeds and on other susceptible hosts.Disease development. Infection occurs...

Pathogen. The early blight fungus is found in most soils where potatoes are grown, and the disease develops every season....

The number of domestic samples of UAVs created in the country today has reached 110, the task of next year...

Pink Eye Pink Rot

Lightning damage Hydraulic liquid damage Frost damage

Air pollutants Tipburn Heat stress

2022 has become a challenging year for the agricultural machinery market. The departure of a number of global brands, interruptions...

Water damage on lower leaves Hot soil damage on lower leaves Fertilizer damage

Early blight on leaves and stems Grey mold on leaves

Blackleg on stems Aerial stem rot or stalk rot Alternaria brown spot on stems Black dot on stems

White mold on leaves Rhizoctonia on stems

Work on the application of mineral fertilizers to the soil by the farms of Transbaikalia in 2022 increased by 10%...

White mold on stems

Tubers are infected in the potato hill by late blight spores washed by water from infected foliage into the soil.Tubers...

Personal subsidiary plots continue to be the main producers of potatoes in Russia. "Private traders" are significantly ahead of agricultural...

Is your soil healthy? Maintaining healthy soil is key to the success of your farm, as it helps sustain a...

Belgian processors Agristo and Clarebout are leading the way with significant contract price increases for french fries grown during the...

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

Late blight has the potential to be an extremely destructive disease of potatoes. The fungus attacks all parts of the...

To reconsider how produce is packaged, Wisconsin potato and onion distributor Vee’s Marketing, Inc. developed the Brown Bag Potatoes (BBP)...