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James Hutton Institute plant scientists have discovered that a specific protein encoded by the potato genome is a key component of tuberisation, the process by which the potato plant initiates and develops ...

Kiremko celebrates 30th Invicta steam peeler sale in 30 months Aviko settles for the best “We didn’t know of this anniversary of the Kiremko Invicta Steam peeler at the moment we bought ...

No matter how healthy the plants look in a potato field, the power is in the ground and the proof is in the digging. That’s why potato growers list root protection as ...

Scientists at The James Hutton Institute have unlocked the genetics of potato skin and flesh colour paving the way for new colourful varieties. A new study identified a genetic molecule that regulates ...

World Potato Congress President, Romain Cools is very pleased to introduce Dr. André Devaux as the newest WPC International Advisor. Romain Cools: “André is a man who has illustrated he can act ...

The government of Western Australia has announced that it has succeeded in regaining market access for Western Australian potatoes in all of Australia, following the detection of tomato potato psyllid in February ...

Campbell Soup Company (NYSE: CPB) today announced that its Board of Directors has elected Mark A. Clouse, 50, as President and CEO of Campbell effective Jan. 22, 2019. Clouse, who previously served ...

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 ...

The James Hutton Institute's commercial subsidiary, James Hutton Limited, has entered into a five-year agreement with Technico Agri Sciences, a subsidiary of Indian company ITC Limited, for the provision of 16 potato ...

Usually, the Loess Plateau fields are plowed, or tilled, after the harvest and left bare until spring planting. Usually, the Loess Plateau fields are plowed, or tilled, after the harvest and left ...

For a long time, the agricultural sector depended on the outside air for drying and cooling crops. Due to climate changes, arable farmers are no longer able to get their products through ...

Researchers with the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture will lead a new effort worth up to $7.5 million to use plants to detect environmental threats to deployed troops and help protect ...

Rezatec - a UK based company focused on the analysis and interpretation of satellite data - has in collaboration with AHDB Potatoes investigated the effectiveness of using satellite data to map the ...

After a construction period of more than a year, the new Avebe Innovation Centre at the Zernike Campus in Groningen was inaugurated Friday by René Paas, Commissioner of the King for the ...

Nearly one-third of the world’s farms have adopted more environmentally friendly practices while continuing to be productive, according to a global assessment by 17 scientists in five countries. The researchers analyzed farms ...

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: ...

Research at the James Hutton Institute has led to the discovery of genetic variations which can help protect potato crop yields at high temperature, potentially providing potato breeders with a valuable tool ...

The Washington State Potato Commission, headquartered in Moses Lake, Washington, has been pleasantly surprised by the weather and its impact on this year’s potato crop in the state. Chris Voigt, Washington State ...

The J.R. Simplot Company announced today that it has executed a joint intellectual property licensing agreement with Corteva Agriscience™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont, and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard for ...

Chinese scientists have developed a nano-material that prevents the sprouting of potatoes. This new anti-sprouting method for potato storage also suppresses the formation of toxic glyco-alkaloids that typically is associated with the ...

This video describes advances by the International Potato Center and the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) of Uganda to develop a potato variety resistant to late blight. For smallholder farmers such as ...

PotatoEurope 2018, one of the top events for the international potato industry, returns to Germany on September 12 and 13. PotatoEurope, an annual exhibition, is held in Germany every four years. This ...

The Pulsed Electric Field Technology (PEF) machine on display at McCain Foods in Washdyke The aim is to produce healthier fries as the potatoes absorb less oil during the cooking process after ...

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. ...

Tubers were the talk of the town in Cusco, Peru during the week of May 27, when the 10th World Potato Congress (WPC) and the 28th Congress of the Latin American Potato ...