AGROTECHNOLOGY

Life stages: eggs, wingless forms, winged forms. Aphids are small, soft-bodied, sucking insects 1–4 mm in length. Aphids affect the...

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

The Teton Russet potato variety has now been added to the list used for McDonald’s World Famous Fries®, according to a...

Life stages: eggs, nymphs, adults.The tarnished plant bug is a common pest of many vegetable and fruit crops. Adults overwinter...

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

As a key input in food production, chemical fertilizers are crucial in reducing hunger and eradicating poverty over the past...

Jacob Beaton reaped a bounty of Ozette potatoes from his Tea Creek Farm in Kitwanga in northwest B.C. last week – but they...

Life stages: eggs, nymphs and adults.Aster leafhoppers infesting potatoes in Ontario originate from two sources: overwintering eggs laid in winter...

Life stages: eggs, nymphs, adults. The potato leafhopper does not overwinter in Ontario. It is carried by upper-level winds from...

According to a news release issued by Utrecht University in the Netherlands, a project aimed at developing new tools to predict and...

Gordon MP Richard Thomson has continued his campaign to restore access to the export markets in the EU and Northern...

Life stages: eggs, larvae, pupae, adult beetles. Flea beetles overwinter as adults in plant litter on the soil surface. In...

With about half of Aroostook County’s potato crop out of the ground, some farmers are already using extra storage they...

Life stages: eggs, larvae, pupae, adult beetles. The Colorado potato beetle (CPB) is one of the most serious insect pests...

The Canada-Manitoba Crop Diversification Center (CMCDC) is looking for ways to reduce the labor involved in removing green potato vines...

Ethiopia has given the green light to carry out observation field trials for genetically modified potatoes that are said to...

Due to the present fertilizer shortage and rising production costs, efficient nitrogen fertilization is becoming more and more important. Years...

Due to the current scarcity of fertilizers, the 'red areas' and the increasing production costs, efficient nitrogen fertilization is becoming...

A Suffolk potato and onion grower is facing eye-watering costs to dry and store his harvested vegetables over winter, as Sarah...

Members of the Global Culinary Innovators Association (GCIA) learned about potato trends and witnessed a culinary demonstration at the Potatoes...

The increasingly unpredictable climate is triggering a new set of challenges to the Scottish potato industry, where milder summers and...

Wageningen / Enkhuizen, May 16, 2022 – Hybrid potato innovator Solynta and seed enhancement company Incotec announced at the International...

Solynta team member Ernst-Jan Eggers, Trait Discovery Researcher was awarded the 2022 University Fund Wageningen reward. The prize is awarded to...

Funding will be used to accelerate Solynta’s ambition to unlock the full potential of potatoes Hybrid Potato Breeding Company Solynta,...

Ernst-Jan Eggers1,2, Ate van der Burgt1, Sjaak A. W. van Heusden2, Michiel E. de Vries@ 1, Richard G. F. Visser©2, Christian...

Harvesting 80 tons of potatoes with 25 grams of seed per hectare? That's certainly where it's going, according to Solynta's...

Averis Seeds B.V., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Avebe, will be working together with the hybrid potato breeding company Solynta...

In May this year Incotec and true potato seed breeder Solynta announced their collaboration agreement to optimize the performance of...

In March of 2020 Solynta ordered the EMM-2001, a True Potato Seed Extraction Machine from Seed Processing Holland. After a...

Market disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are threatening quality and traceability, two important requirements of potato fresh packing. Lockdowns...

A first pilot using True Potato Seed (TPS) in Angonia District, Tete province in Mozambique, conducted by Solidaridad and Solynta...

As a national wireworm research project wraps, growers have more ways to control the pest. When Christine Noronha first started...

A new industry-led report suggests Canada’s farmers can likely only achieve half of the federal government’s targeted 30 per cent...

Solynta today announced the grant of U.S. Patent Serial No. 10,524,436 entitled ‘Hybrid Potato Breeding’. The patent claims Solynta’s methods of...

The Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB) has started testing True Potato Seeds, which are produced by Solynta, a Dutch firm that...

Development of the UK’s new Seed Potato Organisation is ‘quietly making progress’ and it will be launching in the next...

Solynta and the Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB) announced today an exciting expansion in their collaboration. Nutritious...

Scientists from Solynta and Wageningen University & Research (WUR) have published the most complete genome sequence for potatoes to date. A...

THE SACRED VALLEY OF THE INCAS IN PERU—On a bleak, brown hill here, David Ellis examines a test plot of...

Consumer potato growers in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and France will harvest 7 to 11 percent less potatoes this season....

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

With the exception of starch potato varieties, at this time of year the crop is in most cases shaped. So...

Newtec’s weighing, sorting and packing solutions offer reliability and efficiency of production for customers in the food industry. With its...

New potato varieties bred by the Texas A&M Potato Breeding Program could enter the french fry market before long, said...

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...

Recognizing agricultural sustainability is easier than describing it. A fact made more challenging now that we’ve started to use words like...

Growing up, Mike Nemeth was really into science topics, like recycling and even conservation. Oddly enough, he later went to...

Heavy storms (25 to 60mm) have caused some hope in France, Germany, Belgium, and up through Eastern/Central Holland, but agronomists...

In 2022, Shandong’s number of potato cold storage warehouses in its 13 provinces (Tengzhou, Feicheng, Jiaozhou, Pingdu, Shouguang, Juxian, Laiwu,...