Seeds

Whether it’s to perfect shape and size, improve storability or protect against disease, potato breeders have their hands full meeting...

Idaho University Moscow campus will soon be hosting a new USD5.5m Seed Potato Germplasm Laboratory. This new lab is, in...

In their bid to create a cultivation plan for early spuds that will meet the demand, Swisspatat’s production and trade...

Single Phytophthora-resistant potato varieties in particular did not have an easy time this year. The fungal pressure was so high and...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed recently that the US border is now closed to Prince Edward Island (PEI)...

The potato breeding world is taking in the whole picture when it comes to diploids.  The words diploids and true...

The new Red Fox potato has a very P.E.I. name —and is also a first in the history of the...

Features of RED SKY RED SKY is a variety of the producer Dutch AGROPLANT B. V, distributed in Spain by VAN RIJN SEEDS...

E Green Global, an agricultural biotech company, has scored the world’s first-ever success in commercialising the Microtuber Technology, allowing for...

Root Zero – Puffin Produce’s certified carbon neutral potatoes, grown using sustainable farming practices to remove carbon dioxide, to create...

NEW data shows volume sales of fresh Gold potatoes in the US outpacing sales of Reds, Russets and Whites, which...

The International Potato Center (CIP), with support from the Crop Trust, through its Crop Wild Relatives Project – a global...

This year’s seed, table, and processing ‘larger-than-average’ potato crop shows ‘high-quality’ according to Maine Potato Board’s latest updates, with state...

Last Thursday, Jeffrey Endelman stood in a windy field east of Rhinelander and fished a diagram out of his fanny...

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...

The British ban on seed potatoes from the European Union is detrimental to the trade and cultivation in both Europe...

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

As reported on the official website of the HZPC company: "The future begins with the earthTogether with our clients, we...

     "How many seed potatoes would you like to purchase? Okay, I will mark it out for you." Still a...

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

The British Potato Trade Association (BPTA) has written to its membership to warn against the potential use of imported ware...

Plant breeding as a key technology for sustainable farming into the future: In its “2030 Sustainability Ambition,” the plant breeding...

A priceless living library of rare potato species is being trawled for traits which could offer resistance to pests, diseases,...

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