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Scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, have developed a computational model for automated disease detection in potato crops using photographs of its leaves. The research led by Dr. Srikant ...

Scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, have developed a computational model for automated disease detection in potato crops using photographs of its leaves.

The U.S. pressured Mexico on Wednesday to allow genetically modified crops into the country and to open up access to U.S.-grown potatoes. U.S. trade representative Katherine Tai pushed for the concessions during ...

Potatoes are ready to become super food thanks to the increase in the magnesium value

Uganda’s GM potato breeding technology is now being adopted where permitted — in Kenya, Ethiopia, Egypt and South Africa.

August 12, 2021Moscow region, Dmitrovsky district, agroprompark "Rogachevo"Organizers:Dokagennye Tekhnologii LLC, PhytoEngineering Research Center LLC, Resistom International Laboratory LLC, Vegetoria LLC, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences On August ...

A scientist. That’s what Terry Miller was. A really, really good plant pathologist.

A major research focus for CMS is on the genetic improvement of cereals

Widely used herbicides are struggling to kill some weeds. Some experts think heat could be part of the problem. AROUND 10 YEARS AGO, in the fierce heat of the Kansas summer, many of ...

Next year HZPC expects to own the first prototype of a hybrid potato variety. These potatoes will be sown instead of planted, and that offers perspective for the food security of areas ...

A new study published in Plant Pathology identifies for the first time the genotypes of P. infestans, causing late blight in the main potato-growing regions in Java, Indonesia. Potato late blight disease ...

Although it wasn’t an immediate success, the ‘Russet Burbank’ cultivar now accounts for about 40% of the U.S. potato acreage. It originates from a seed collected from an ‘Early Rose’ potato plant ...

Cisgenic potatoes do not provide a different soil life than classically bred potatoes. This is evident from a study by German, Irish and Wageningen researchers. The researchers planted two potato varieties on ...

Above and Beyond Award The Above and Beyond Award is for an individual recognised for making an ‘above and beyond’ contribution to the British potato industry. The recipient is Andrew Francis from Elveden Farms, ...

Agronomic improvement comes first, followed by nutritional enhancement and biotic stress resistance as traits of field trials. Regarding the biotech crops, potato is the most tested crop with a fifth of the ...

The use of field robots was one of the focal points on the first day of the 22nd Work Science Colloquium at the Agroscope Research Institute in Tänikon TG. Researchers from Germany, ...

ABSTRACT CRISPR-cas gene editing in crop plants could significantly speed up the progress of breeding programs. Strikingly in the agricultural sector, the number of CRISPR-cas patents originating from Europe trails far behind ...

The expression “genetically modified organisms” (“GMOs”) is not only void of scientific value, but has negative effects on agricultural progress and food policy. The history of crop domestication offers many examples of ...

“Understanding the mechanism of tuber initiation in potato provides a new strategy to increase yields of a crop that is absolutely pivotal for global food security.”

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Belgian Development Cooperation has been working with the International Potato Centre (CIP) in developing countries since the 1970s. The aim is to support the research and training required to improve the ...

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 ...

Lay’s has announced the winners of its educational program “Lay’s Academy”, in partnership with the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (UASVM) in Bucharest, Romania: Dănuța Popa, Lavinia Rabigan and Adrian Paun. The three winning ...