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Idaho and Slovenian trials show deeper planting and wider ridge tops reduce field greening of tubers. But planting at 23 cm cut yield in two Russet varieties, and late hilling also lowered yield.
Dealers in Bangladesh's Rangpur agricultural region are showing little interest in collecting seed potatoes from the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC), as collapsing market prices and two consecutive seasons of farmer losses dampen demand. In the first…
Belarusian agricultural specialists have identified the best potato varieties for long-term storage, with "Skarb" standing out as the champion. According to Vadim Makhanko, Director General of the Research and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences…
Greece's potato sector is at a critical juncture, with the deadly pathogen Synchytrium endobioticum—commonly known as potato chytrid—threatening the country's most prestigious Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) crop, the Kato Nevrokopi potato. The pathogen was first detected in…
Studies collected in a 2025 review show potatoes after vetch, faba bean and other legumes yielded 12.7–38% more than after winter wheat, while oats alone lowered yields in one study.
Potato yields are decided long before harvest — they are built phase by phase, from the moment a sprout pushes through the soil to the last weeks of tuber bulking. A fertiliser programme that ignores the crop's…
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Trade of the Komi Republic, LLC "Prigorodny" has placed more than 1,550 tonnes of marketable potatoes into winter storage. The harvest is continuing in a two-shift, round-the-clock regime. By the…
Field trials at Salt Farm Texel in the Netherlands found that Desiree and Diamant kept 90% of yield at soil salinity well above the 1.7 dS/m threshold in the FAO reference table.
An AHDB guide and Oregon State University Extension show that brassica cover crops can suppress potato cyst nematodes, but only with high biomass, flowering-stage chopping and fast incorporation.
Specialists from the Southern Interregional Directorate of Rosselkhoznadzor have inspected 8,500 tonnes of fresh food potatoes in the Otradnensky district of Krasnodar Krai. At JSC "Plemzavod Urupsky," eight quarantine phytosanitary inspections were carried out between 9 July…
Russia's industrial potato sector achieved a historic yield record of 310.8 centners per hectare in 2025, up 15% from 270.2 c/ha in 2024, with large agricultural organizations reaching 331.6 c/ha. At the regional level, Astrakhan Oblast far…
Trials in Washington State and Idaho show gibberellic acid on seed pieces doubles stem numbers and shifts crops to small tubers. Low doses raised yields 11–24%, while high doses deformed stems and cut yield.
