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PARTNERSHIP WILL BRING DISEASE-FREE, PESTICIDE-FREE, NON-GMO POTATOES TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN MARKET WAGENINGEN (The Netherlands) & PIETERMARITZBURG (South Africa) —...

The Canadian province of Prince Edward Island (PEI) wants to be able to restrict the cultivation of red fruits in...

The Horizon 2020 EU project Accelerated Development of multiple-stress tolerAnt PoTato (ADAPT), in which Europatat is participating, aims at developing new strategies...

According to project leader Niels Haining of Bionext, reliable potato varieties for organic cultivation also offer benefits to the conventional...

Scientists from the Krasnoyarsk State Agrarian University have developed a new potato variety adapted to the harsh climate. This is...

The ADAPT project aims at developing new strategies to make potatoes fit for the challenging growth conditions of the future. Similarly,...

A new modified corn and potato variety have been given the green light by the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service...

Potatoes with as much vitamin C as a lemon could be grown and sold in England within five years using...

#PotatoVarieties #AgriculturalInnovation #Nutrition #RwandaAgriculture #FoodSecurity #SustainableFarming #DiverseCultivation #Agronomy #ChildNutrition #InternationalCollaboration In a pivotal meeting at the Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB)...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

The Sadon potato variety, which is grown on the basis of the Fat-Agro agricultural enterprise, is very popular. “The Sadon...

A new technology for the forced dying off of potato tops is on the verge of implementation. Two agricultural organizations...

Estimate of 2022 potato acreage revealed. STATISTICS Canada has released its first estimate of potato acreage in Canada based on...

Names approved for new potato varieties in Udmurtia. This was reported by the press service of the regional federal research...

The first shoots of arctic potato varieties appeared on the fields of the Yamal experimental station in Salekhard. This is...

ORIGINATORS FSBI "FEDERAL POTATO RESEARCH CENTER NAMED AFTER A.G. LORKH" .LLC "AGROCENTER "KORENEVO".MOLYANOV AGRO GROUP LLC.IP HEAD OF THE FARM...

Gordon MP Richard Thomson has again called on the UK Government to get a deal in place that would see...

For the 2021-2022 marketing season, Germany has surpassed Belgium as the largest buyer of Dutch seed potatoes. This is evident...

The Kaluzhsky variety was entered into the State Register in 2014.This is an early-ripening table variety, the taste is good...

DESCRIPTION OF THE VARIETY This is a variety of Russian selection, entered into the State Register in 2018, recommended for...

Bryansk potatoes will be grown in winterIn the Vygonichsky district of the Bryansk region, a local breeder has grown new...

THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VARIETY VARYAG is a medium-ripened variety of table purpose. Included in the State Register for...

Students in tank tops with sunscreen-dotted noses walked down the rows of a potato field, frequently bending over to pluck...

Northern Aleppo growers benefit from provision of high-quality seed THE Syria Recovery Trust Fund (SRTF) has announced an abundant potato...

Preliminary reports of potato sown area in Northern Europe show small increases in the processing sector, but the overall area...

This op-ed article is by Dave Douches (PhD), professor and Director of the Potato Breeding and Genetics Program and Director of the...

Modern technologies allow growing early ripe and frost-resistant plants. More than 20,000 potato plants were located in two greenhouses with...

Native roots: imported potato varieties may soon be completely replaced by Ural ones. In the village of Kochnevskoe, where the...

Growers urged to attend meetings to shape future of sector A GROUP of nine seed potato growers from across Scotland,...

A new body to represent British seed potato growers has been proposed and aims to ensure the sustainability of the...

Viewing new starch-friendly potato varieties and learning more about the Meade Farm starch operation in Ireland were top of the...