AGROTECHNOLOGY

While crop protection products play an important role in vegetable production, poor spray application techniques can lead to ineffective pest...

One of the main challenges of the paper industry in Argentina is to meet the growing quality demands of the industry. To help the...

Weilach - "People always think that blue or red potatoes are something modern," says Gabriele Karl with a smile. The...

The Pesticides Initiative calls for a ban on synthetic pesticides in Switzerland and a ban on imports of food produced...

Ireland’s IPM Potato Group markets and distributes seed potatoes in every continent except Antarctica. The Irish potato variety accounts for...

With a number of dry summers in a row Alternaria has become an annual phenomenon in potatoes. Cro Advisor Sander...

The aim of the Plant Protection Implementation Programme is to realise a trend break, in order to arrive at cultivation...

Tissue culture technology is being widely used for large-scale plant multiplication and gives a science-based solution for plant propagation, disease...

Farmers who want to keep marestail and other winter annuals like henbit and purple dead nettle from overrunning their 2021...

Researchers are gathering samples from farms across the Island as the second season of the Living Laboratories project hits harvest...

ABSTRACT CRISPR-cas gene editing in crop plants could significantly speed up the progress of breeding programs. Strikingly in the agricultural...

Farming requires a high tolerance for dancing with nature. That’s especially true for North Dakota producers such as Mark Cheatley....

Nokota Packers Inc. started harvesting red potatoes the week of Sept. 14, says Mike Rerick, vice president of sales. “Everything...

Two research scientists on P.E.I. have spent their summer trying to grow a better potato, more resistant to scab and...

The European Commission (EC) has recently issued notifications of the change of plant protection product (PPPs) approval status within the...

Researcher Ximena Silveyra of the Institute of Biological Research in Mar del Plata, Argentina, carries out the project that studies...

The expression “genetically modified organisms” (“GMOs”) is not only void of scientific value, but has negative effects on agricultural progress...

AACHEN, Germany, Oct. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The ground-breaking project called SEWIA (selective electrochemical weeding in agriculture) will develop new tools, enabling farmers to use modern...

NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: This trans-disciplinary CAP project addresses three legislatively mandated areas; research in plant breeding and genetics of disease resistance; efforts...

It’s no secret that farming has become increasingly high-tech, but a partnership between The Ohio State University and an Ohio...

‘Market Growth Insight’ has presented an updated research report on the ‘Global Seed Potatoes market’ which offers insights on key...

Herbicide-resistant weeds are being cast into the spotlight, thanks to a Charles Sturt University-led national survey. Backed by the Grains...

As New Zealand Spring and Summer rolls towards potato growers, so too do the myriad of pest and disease management...

Written By: Bob Hesse, October 2012, Edited: Chip Hesse, September 2019  So last time we talked about the first steps,...

Jackie Milne, president of the North Farm Training Institute, will be testing a variety of potato seeds next spring to...

Written By: Bob Hesse, October 2012, Edited: Chip Hesse, September 2019 It is tough to fix problems that come into...

The potatoes have received all the attention throughout the season. The result: you harvest the best quality and the highest...

The Dutch potato processors processed 278,700 tonnes of potatoes in August to 119,200 tonnes of pre-baked product and 24,800 tonnes...

Wage goer Daan Biesheuvel of cold store Numansdorp and Gerben van Dueren den Hollander van Van Iperen are going to...

Widespread fungal disease in plants can be controlled with a commercially available chemical that has been primarily used in medicine...

The term “farm manager” is broadly used to describe a range of jobs. Those who look after family land but...

Late blight is the most important pathogen in potato and causes devastation worldwide. The disease, caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans,...

CIPC has been banned in the European Union since 1 January 2020. The expiry date for, among other things, the...

There is a lack of practical information and practical knowledge for farmers to apply organic plant protection products and biostimulants...

Important Potato Diseases and Tips to Manage them in Storage As the potato harvest is ongoing in many places and...

European Physical MarketsPrice Overview (source: NEPG): BelgiumMarket report Fiwap/PCA: Early industrial potatoes: the last batches are partly passed on to...

For example, he photographed the new Grimme Ventor 4150 by Mencke Agriculture in action.THE NEW GRIMME VENTOR 4150 FROM MENCKE...

This latest edition of American Vegetable Grower magazine’s Field Scouting Guide concentrates on palestriped flea beetle (Systena blanda). John C. Palumbo, University of Arizona,...

Without this tMRL, for which the entire European potato chain has worked, the situation for most potato sheds would have...

European Physical MarketsPrice Overview (source: NEPG): BelgiumMarket Report Fiwap/PCA:Early industrial potatoes: the season is coming to an end and this...

2020 was a year of extremes. We kicked off with a bone-dry spring, then the crops suffered from hail and...

Potato growers in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France and the United Kingdom are due to reduce their acreage next year....

Colorado’s San Luis Valley, the state’s foremost potato production area, is seeing the release of a new spud variety, the...

Avoid introducing the viruses and their vectors onto your farm. This is your first and best line ofdefense. Don’t plant...

TRV is one of two viruses causing spraing in potato that is most commonly associated with tuber internal blemishing (see...

MOSCOW, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK)-A University of Idaho team will use a $5.8 million US Department of Agriculture grant to research a...

A diagnostic lab had to confirm these potato mop-top virus (PMTV) symptoms. Note concentric arcs that can occur with these...

The 2020/21 potato storage season is proving to be one of the most challenging yet for the potato industry. With...

CALS Researcher Leads National Project The University of Idaho will lead a $3.2 million project to combat microscopic worms that...

The Colorado State University potato program is committed to developing research based information and extension education programs to support the...