New potato variety

Whether it’s to perfect shape and size, improve storability or protect against disease, potato breeders have their hands full meeting processor and consumer demand. Five experts offer insight into their...

Single Phytophthora-resistant potato varieties in particular did not have an easy time this year. The fungal pressure was so high and long this season that the disease was difficult to control. Multiple...

The new Red Fox potato has a very P.E.I. name —and is also a first in the history of the Prince Edward Island Potato Board. The Potato Board purchased the rights...

Root Zero – Puffin Produce’s certified carbon neutral potatoes, grown using sustainable farming practices to remove carbon dioxide, to create healthy soil, and to increase local biodiversity – have been...

The International Potato Center (CIP), with support from the Crop Trust, through its Crop Wild Relatives Project – a global initiative to adapt agriculture to climate change, has developed a...

Last Thursday, Jeffrey Endelman stood in a windy field east of Rhinelander and fished a diagram out of his fanny pack. “I’m continuing my selections in family number 91, at the...

Spuds are survivors, writes Scott Elliot, Public Affairs Specialist at the USDA’s ARS Office of Communications in this news story. He says tubers have battled various scourges for about 10,000 years,...

Spuds are survivors. Tubers have battled various scourges for about 10,000 years, as well as an unpredictable climate that can cause unseasonable frost damage to crops every year. An international...

Climate change is making it harder for farmers to grow enough food to feed their families. A new potato variety called CIP-Matilde, developed by the International Potato Center (CIP) with support from...

This year, drought and unfavorable conditions have greatly affected the agriculture of our Russia, especially it affected the potato harvest. In the Southwestern United States, drought is a constant problem,...

In India, in Northern parts of West Bengal and Bihar markets potato farmers had a long awaited demand for an early bulking variety along with better storability to cater to...

The International Potato Center (CIP) has substantially contributed to the development and release of improved potato varieties that are grown by millions of farmers in Asia’s top potato producing countries.  CIP...

Not all robust potato varieties will survive this year when it comes to phytophthora resistance

Researchers from breeding company Solynta and Wageningen University & Research have identified, cloned and characterized the key gene for self-fertilization in diploid potatoes. This discovery makes it possible to fertilize potato plants with their own pollen....

The Colorado potato beetle is a major pest in North America that can reduce potato yields by 30-50% if unchecked. Control has historically relied heavily upon the use of pesticides,...

A variety trial in potato was set up in Lennik as part of the Potato Agricultural Center. The aim is to find a worthy alternative to Fontane and Innovator, each...

varieties are differentiated by their morphological characteristics and their genetic material (DNA), duration of the productive cycle, resistance to diseases, nutritional requirements, agronomic characteristics and type of commercial use.

Uganda’s GM potato breeding technology is now being adopted where permitted — in Kenya, Ethiopia, Egypt and South Africa.

Potato breeders in Europe are working hard to innovate and create new potato varieties.

Our variety ‘Cayman’ has made it to the list of 'The 20 Most Innovative Plant Varieties of 2020', composed by European Seed

The hybrid potato breeding company Solynta will work on hybrid breeding of starch potato varieties together with Averis, a subsidiary of Royal Avebe. "After the success of hybrid breeding in the...

Agrico, supplier of certified seed potatoes, built an online news platform

Exports of U.S. seed potatoes to Morocco with these varieties could take place as early as the end of 2021

new potato varieties, developed in part at the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Aberdeen

Its name already recalls a certain Italian character: Siena

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) -Central Potato Research Institute, (CPRI)- has developed two disease resistant potatoes;

Teagasc and IPM Potato Group have recently released a new potato variety which is resistant to potato cyst nematode (PCN)

Starch-based gluten-free bread (formulations containing a mixture of corn and potato starch with hydrocolloids) are deficient in nutrients and do not contain health-promoting compounds.Therefore they could be supplemented with raw...

This week, key actors from Georgia’s potato sector convened virtually to discuss ideas to enhance the country’s potato sector.  Called the “Georgia Potato Forum,” the meeting focused on ways to develop value chains to improve...

Corona is forcing the potato trading houses to think about a different set-up of the traditional variety shows this year. A number of companies opt for an event online, others have...

Corona is forcing the potato trading houses to think about a different set-up of the traditional variety shows this year. A number of companies opt for an event online, others have...

Corona is forcing potato breeding companies and trading houses to think about a different set-up of the traditional variety shows this year. A number of companies opt for an event online,...

Key takeaways about potato breeding and the future of it from HZPC’s Potato Days Live. This year, the global potato industry gathered together virtually for Dutch potato breeder HZPC’s Potato...

(Fryeburg, Maine) – In the fall of 2019, Green Thumb Farms launched the “Farmer’s First” program to develop new potato varieties for retailers – and to help consumers discover new...

Corona is forcing the potato trading houses to think about a different format for the traditional variety shows this year. A number of companies opt for an event online, others have...

Potatoes with purple tubers have been available on the domestic market for some time . After getting acquainted with the place of their origin, indicated on the shop label, we learn that these...

he potato variety Gardena has been called the potato of the future. It is the result of the previously adopted Polish breeding strategy. It was selected on the basis of the identification...

Corona is forcing the potato trading houses to think about a different set-up of the traditional variety shows this year. A number of companies opt for an event online, others have...

Corona is forcing the potato trading houses to think about a different set-up of the traditional variety shows this year. A number of companies opt for an event online, others have...

Words by Heather Woods, from the October issue of NZ Grower In 1918, still a teenager, Quentin Wright wrote in his journal that they were planting potatoes when news came...

Coronavirus might be the focus right now for humans, but seed potato farmers are watching a couple of viruses on their own. Entomologists from the University of Idaho are leading...

Potatoes get a bad rap.  Perhaps due to the humble root vegetable’s association with French fries or as a gravy-swamped side, many people think of it as unhealthy. But potatoes...

I’m Bob Larson. Always working to develop the “perfect” russet, the Potato Variety Management Institute’s main mission is to promote new varieties of potatoes in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and beyond....

The Ministry of Agriculture will release two new potato varieties, which will benefit producers to improve their marketing. Ten organizations and more than 200 semi-llerists will be direct beneficiaries of...

Costa Rican farmers have a new potato variety, dubbed "Palmira", which has optimal characteristics for the market This was announced by agriculture and livestock minister Renato Alvarado on Wednesday in...