New potato variety

Spuds are survivors, writes Scott Elliot, Public Affairs Specialist at the USDA’s ARS Office of Communications in this news story. He...

Spuds are survivors. Tubers have battled various scourges for about 10,000 years, as well as an unpredictable climate that can...

Climate change is making it harder for farmers to grow enough food to feed their families. A new potato variety...

This year, drought and unfavorable conditions have greatly affected the agriculture of our Russia, especially it affected the potato harvest....

In India, in Northern parts of West Bengal and Bihar markets potato farmers had a long awaited demand for an...

The International Potato Center (CIP) has substantially contributed to the development and release of improved potato varieties that are grown...

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...

The Colorado potato beetle is a major pest in North America that can reduce potato yields by 30-50% if unchecked....

A variety trial in potato was set up in Lennik as part of the Potato Agricultural Center. The aim is...

varieties are differentiated by their morphological characteristics and their genetic material (DNA), duration of the productive cycle, resistance to diseases,...

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...

The hybrid potato breeding company Solynta will work on hybrid breeding of starch potato varieties together with Averis, a subsidiary...

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...

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,”...

Corona is forcing the potato trading houses to think about a different set-up of the traditional variety shows this year. A...

Corona is forcing the potato trading houses to think about a different set-up of the traditional variety shows this year. A...