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Europatat is proud to become an active partner of a new EU Horizon Europe project called PATAFEST that aims at protecting potato plants by means of pest spreading and resistance characterisation, preharvest ...

#Paratrioza #Bactericeracockerelli #potatocultivation #solanaceouscrops #psyllidyellows #potatopurpletopwilt #tomatopermanentwilt #zebrachip #integratedpestmanagement Paratrioza or Jumping plant lice (Bactericera cockerelli) is a major economic pest that is initially affecting potato crops, but can become a problem ...

This article explores the impact of Potato Stolbur Phytoplasma (STOL) on potato crops and offers insights into the prevention and treatment strategies for farmers. By analyzing the latest data and research findings, ...

@jorgeluisalonso#potatotubers #softrotdisease #geneticallyengineeredbacteria #diagnostictool #volatileorganiccompounds (VOCs) #cropyields #post-harveststoragepractices Potato tubers are susceptible to various diseases, including tuber soft rot, which can cause irreversible damage before visible symptoms occur. Current detection technologies are ...

As a farmer, agronomist, agricultural engineer, farm owner, or scientist working in agriculture, you're no stranger to the challenges that come with crop management. One such challenge is the insidious Ring Rot ...

Rice is one of the most important crops in the world and constitutes the primary food source for over half of Earth's population. Protecting rice plantations from disease is therefore an essential ...

The world has long begun a boom around organic products that must meet certain criteria, including being environmentally friendly. And how to achieve the desired purity, if almost all crops are susceptible ...

Description: Potato blackleg is a bacterial disease that can affect the quality and yield of potato crops. This article explains the symptoms, causes, and prevention of this disease to help farmers and ...

Pathogen. The ring rot bacterium is extremely infectious. It overwinters mainly in seed tubers, but can survive for up to 2 years as dried slime on cutting knives, storage bins, planting and ...

For many years, the cause of pink eye was thought to be a bacterium. However, recent scientific reports suggest that pink eye is a physiological disorder.Disease development. Pink eye occurs sporadically.Disease incidence ...

Pathogen. The scab bacterium is a common soil inhabitant that survives for long periods of time, even in the absence of potatoes. The strains of the bacterium thatcause common scab produce a ...

Pathogen. The soft rot bacterium is common in all agricultural soils and in surface water. Disease development. The bacterium invades tubers mainly through wounds and enlarged lenticels. Excessively wet soils favour soft ...

Pathogen. The aerial stem rot bacterium is soil- borne. Contaminated surface water is an important source of infection. Disease development. Incidence of this disease is high in wet seasons. Stems, petioles and ...

Pathogen. The blackleg bacterium is primarily seed- borne. Contaminated handling equipment such as seed cutters and picker planters contribute to the spread of the bacterium to healthy seed tubers. Wind-blown rain may ...

As humans domesticated plants, they saved certain seeds to plant in the next growing season based on desirable traits. Susceptibility to diseases popped up on this path to domestication, but wild varieties of ...

A transnational team of European researchers has discovered solanimycin, a new antifungal antibiotic. The substance, which was first isolated from a pathogenic bacterium that infects potatoes, seems to be produced by a ...

University of Idaho Extension has published a new bulletin to help potato farmers recognize the symptoms of bacterial ring rot (BRR) and protect their operations from this devastating potato crop disease.   Idaho hasn’t had ...

A new study led by Texas A&M AgriLife researchers has revealed some resistance to zebra chip disease among certain wild species of potato. As Paul Schattenberg reports for AgriLife Today, the study of 52 wild ...

Ernst-Jan Eggers1,2, Ate van der Burgt1, Sjaak A. W. van Heusden2, Michiel E. de Vries@ 1, Richard G. F. Visser©2, Christian W. B. Bachem©2и & Pim Lindhout1 Genetic gain in potato is hampered by the ...

This fact sheet on blackleg in potatoes was compiled by Hort Innovation and RM Consulting Group (RMCG) in Australia, and published online by AUSVEG. It provides information on management strategies of blackleg, the bacteria ...

Masaki Shimono has joined the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources at the University of Nevada, Reno as a research scientist, studying beneficial microbes to improve and mitigate disease in potatoes ...

When entomologist Andy Jensen visits with potato growers about insects and diseases that can cause significant damage to their crops, he focuses on essential information to help them avoid trouble in the ...

Humble potatoes are a rich source not only of dietary carbohydrates for humans, but also of starches for numerous industrial applications. Texas A&M AgriLife scientists are learning how to alter the ratio ...

Soil dwelling nematodes are a serious threat to crop performance. They affect a range of crops including potatoes, carrots, cereals, raspberries and strawberries, both directly and indirectly often inflicting severe economic losses. ...

Critical shortage of quality seed of productive and adaptive varieties is probably the major constraint to potato production in SSA countries. The yield and quality of potato produced is dependent on the ...