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Wind Damage
Holes caused by strong winds.
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The European Potato Demand Improved Over the Winter Holidays
Across Europe, the potato demand for the holiday period improved, according to the latest Irish Farmers’ Association report. The document reveals that the potato export demand was reported to be reduced during the run-up to the holiday…
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Preserving Ancestral Potato Varieties Through Local Chip Brands
The Ecuadorian growers hope to maintain the native potato cultivars yana shungo (black heart) and puca shungo (red heart) through chip production. These cultivars have been grown for years in places like Pllaro and Quero, as well…
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A 20% Lamb Weston Increase in the Pacific Northwest Potato Contract Prices
On January 5, 2023, during the Q2, 2023, earnings call between analysts and top management from Lamb Weston, the company’s CEO, Tom Werner, stated that the decision-makers had secured the targeted number of acres to be planted…
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Elongated Stolons
Some varieties develop extremely long stolons during warm, dry seasons. This plant of the variety Snowden has stolons about 0.6 m long. Leaves developing from an elongated stolon.
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High-throughput Proteomics Profiling of the Desiree Potato Variety
Dr. Arindam Ghatak from the University of Vienna has carried out high-throughput proteomics profiling of the Desiree potato variety to obtain an unbiased comprehensive picture of the alterations in the potato proteome (the sum of all proteins…
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Promoting the Scottish Seed Potato Industry
Spud growers are invited to join a new association that was established to promote the Scottish seed potato industry in light of the country’s continued exclusion from the EU market. Founded as a cooperative last year, the…
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Coiled Sprout
Sprout coiling has been associated with physiologically old seed, low soil temperatures, soil compaction and exposure of emerging sprouts to some herbicides.
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A Four-year Harmful Nematodes in Potato Fields U of I Study Financed by USDA
A research team led by the University of Idaho (U of I) has been given a USD6.8m USDA grant to create novel diagnostic tools, management techniques, and technologies for potato cyst nematode control. The project’s objectives include…
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Sunscald on Stems
Strong sun during hot weather may bleach the base of exposed stems.Stems are most likely to be exposed when the canopy opens in August. Frost Damage Frost kills the foliage. The affected plant parts wilt, turn black…
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Heat Stress
Necrotic spots often develop on leaflets when temperatures remain high for several days.
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Tipburn
This disorder develops when water transpires from leaves more rapidly than it can be absorbed from the soil. This usually occurs under hot, dry, windy conditions.