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As New Zealand Spring and Summer rolls towards potato growers, so too do the myriad of pest and disease management activities. One of the greatest challenges especially for growers, is the control ...

Written By: Bob Hesse, October 2012, Edited: Chip Hesse, September 2019  So last time we talked about the first steps, know the risk of placing potatoes into storage, harvesting a dry crop, ...

Written By: Bob Hesse, October 2012, Edited: Chip Hesse, September 2019 It is tough to fix problems that come into storage. However, every grower experiences them. Arguably one of the most important ...

Important Potato Diseases and Tips to Manage them in Storage As the potato harvest is ongoing in many places and much of the harvested potatoes are being stored, it is a good ...

Avoid introducing the viruses and their vectors onto your farm. This is your first and best line ofdefense. Don’t plant the problem! Purchase the best certified seed potatoes to minimize PVY. Be ...

(MENAFN - The Conversation) Demand for potatoes in eastern Africa has been growing steadily , achieving an annual growth of 3.1% between 1993 and 2020. This growth is driven in part by ...

TRV is one of two viruses causing spraing in potato that is most commonly associated with tuber internal blemishing (see also PMTV). These defects are significant and cause rejections of both ware ...

A diagnostic lab had to confirm these potato mop-top virus (PMTV) symptoms. Note concentric arcs that can occur with these viruses. This textbook symptom of spraing can be misleading because it does ...

Summary BBSRC, on behalf also of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the Scottish Government, announces a call for research to address ...

Symptoms of PMTV: Infected plants do not always show symptoms and symptom development depends on potato cultivar, virus strain and the environment. Foliar symptoms will only occur when disease develops from infected ...

Scientists at the University of Strathclyde are working with partners to tackle one of the most damaging bacterial plant diseases in the UK, responsible for annual losses of £50m for the potato ...

Symptoms of potato mop top virus A diagnostic lab had to confirm these potato mop-top virus (PMTV) symptoms. Note concentric arcs that can occur with these viruses. This textbook symptom of spraing ...

After 20 years of biotechnological research, the first GM potato that is resistant to the PVY virus will go on sale next year in Argentina Its productive and economic benefits are estimated ...

Dewulf, full-liner in agricultural machines for the cultivation of potatoes and root crops, has a number of 'firsts' prepared for Interpom 2018. For example, during this main event of the potato industry, ...

The scale of the Potato Mop-Top Virus (PMTV) problem on New Zealand South Island potato farms has widened. Eighteen Canterbury farms are now on the suspect list, after the virus was first found ...

Earlier this month, AHDB secured nine emergency authorisations for potato, herb, celery, carrot, parsnip, cherry and plum for UK growers to protect their crops. The 120-day authorisations were issued in response to ...

A research project in New Zealand is determining if different field soils affect development of powdery scab on potatoes, and whether soil physical, chemical and/or biological characteristics influence this important potato disease. ...

Farmers, fish advocates, tribes and government officials are headed to federal court in California on Wednesday (today) to argue who will get water — and when — in the Klamath Basin. Federal ...

Equipment provider Tummers announced the recent development in its range of machinery, as the company says that is continuously working on improving their machinery, the process, service and other aspects to apply ...

About the same number of potato psyllids have been caught on sticky traps in Idaho fields this season as by this time last summer, but far fewer of the tiny, winged insects ...