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Greater understanding of the biology of one of the most destructive plant viruses to potato crops will be the focus of a research hub at the University of Maine that is part ...

Thanks to a team from the faculty of bio-engineering sciences at Ghent University that has developed a vaccine, potato blight could be prevented. The vaccine works like any other, according to Brussels ...

In a fertigation trial in potatoes, Aeres University of Applied Sciences compares schemes with four nitrogen levels and two different phosphate levels. The moisture supply is based on soil moisture sensors. The trial is ...

The German Union of the Potato Sector (UNIKA) and the University of Applied Sciences Kiel are investigating this question in a joint project.

Yi Wang, Assistant Professor & Extension Potato and Vegetable Production Specialist, University of Wisconsin Madison-Over the last six months, I made several extension vlogs about different aspects of commercial potato production. These ...

RWTH Aachen University and the Aachen Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK Aachen) have joined forces to take the Aachen-based start-up to the next level. Entering a strategic partnership with GSI GmbH, ...

Two researchers at the University of Maine have partnered with a team of plant geneticists and breeders to develop tools which will help Maine scientists and farmers become more efficient in breeding ...

Optimal storage practices start in the field and can hinge on a variety of factors and conditions, both with the tubers and inside their storage environment.  As we’ve seen this year with ...

Recently discovered interactions between plant and viral proteins open up new avenues for making plants resistant to viruses, thus safeguarding crop yields in changing climate conditions. Many diseases caused by common plant ...

BLACKVILLE – Irrigation is an important tool that likely has been used in agriculture for about as long as humans have been cultivating plants, but just how much water is enough? Researchers ...

Coronavirus might be the focus right now for humans, but seed potato farmers are watching a couple of viruses on their own. Entomologists from the University of Idaho are leading ten state ...

It’s no secret that farming has become increasingly high-tech, but a partnership between The Ohio State University and an Ohio agribusiness is taking things even further with new field scouting technology that ...

The Colorado State University potato program is committed to developing research based information and extension education programs to support the Colorado potato production and marketing system and consumers alike.  Strong, forward-looking research ...

Each year, the Potato Industry injects more than $1 billion into the economy of the Canadian province Alberta, according to industry professionals. Terence Hochstein, executive director with the Potato Growers of Alberta: ...

Essex University researchers say slicing the spud at a 30-degree angle is the secret to success.  They say the “edge cut”, as it has being coined, means the potato is tastier, crunchier ...

Tomra Sorting Solutions has collaborated with the University of Brussels to test a new technique which allows the detection of dangerous levels of acrylamide in processed and fresh potatoes. The new detection ...

New Zealand potato growers could gain a new marketing edge thanks to a line of potatoes developed by University of Canterbury researchers. UC Biotechnologists Dr David Leung and Dr Seyedardalan (Ardi) Ashrafzadeh ...