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Professor Jonathan Jones’ group at The Sainsbury Laboratory in Norwich has successfully developed PiperPlus 1.0, a late blight-resistant Maris Piper potato that is ready for commercialization once the UK implements workable regulation ...

Are you using the right fungicides to protect for the potato diseases you are attempting to control? Understanding how fungicides work can help you choose the right product and apply it for the best ...

Author: Dr. Eugenia Banks, Potato Specialist with the Ontario Potato Board. Article reviewed by Dr. Jiwan Palta.Published here with permission. Dr Jiwan Palta, a professor at the University of Wisconsin, is a recognized ...

Ghent, Belguim, Copenhagen, Denmark – Biotalys (Euronext - BTLS), an Agricultural Technology (AgTech) company protecting crops and food with protein-based biocontrol solutions, and Novozymes, a world leader in biotech solutions, announced that the companies have entered ...

New collaborative project NATURAL organisms found in soil and their use as novel fungicides is being explored in a new collaborative project to help farmers overcome potato late blight. The work centres ...

This op-ed article is by Dave Douches (PhD), professor and Director of the Potato Breeding and Genetics Program and Director of the Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology Graduate Program at Michigan State University, and ...

Researchers will be testing genetically modified potatoes in Bangladesh and Indonesia this year in hopes of providing farmers with an alternative to spraying fungicides. Multiple confined field trials of GM late blight-resistant ...

A new fungicide that specifically targets late blight, a detrimental pathogen frequently compromising potato development all over the world, has been launched recently by Corteva Agriscience for the South African spud farmers. ...

The World Potato Congress is extremely pleased to present its third 2022 webinar on March 29 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard time (USA/Canada). Presentation OutlineFor potatoes this is largely focused on preventing late blight caused by Phytophthora infestans, which ...

Potatoes demand adequate sulfur levels for nitrogen uptake, chlorophyll production, tuber development, stress and pest resistance, carbohydrate generation, amino acid formation and vitamin synthesis

There is little information on the impact of nozzle type under a dense potato crop canopy. There is a popular misconception that a fine spray is preferred.

Potato growers in the U.S. facing post-harvest diseases now have a new option for protection during storage. Archive® fungicide from Syngenta preserves potato quality in post-harvest. “Archive is a powerful pre-mix fungicide that will ...

The synergy creating the farm’s well-being results from a process of discovery beginning 30 years ago, with Rockey’s uncle.

Growing potatoes with excellent taste characteristics was the starting point for Jeroen Klompe’s eight-year journey to improve his soil, and his management of it within a potato rotation. Farming 368ha of arable ...

Part of the National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS), the U.S. Potato Genebank has for more than six decades collected and maintained a massive collection of potato genetics.

Diseases such as black dot and silver scurf often are not visible at harvest or early storage; they typically show up one to three months after tubers were placed in storage.

The International Potato Center (CIP), with support from the Crop Trust, through its Crop Wild Relatives Project – a global initiative to adapt agriculture to climate change, has developed a new spud ...

Waitrose and Partners is set to be the first major retailer to sign up to The UK Robust Potato Pledge, which will see the group move away from the use of copper-based ...

In response to the late blight disease of potatoes, the AsiaBlight Network formed a coalition of farmers, scientists, and government officials to develop an integrated approach to managing, and eventually eradicating, late blight disease ...

Climate change is making it harder for farmers to grow enough food to feed their families. A new potato variety called CIP-Matilde, developed by the International Potato Center (CIP) with support from the Crop ...

BASF Canada Agricultural Solutions has received registration from Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) for Veltyma™ Fungicide. Veltyma contains the unique active ingredient Revysol® which is the first and only Isopropanol-Azole, a unique ...

Corteva, Inc. and Gaïago, a biotechnology company, announced earlier this week a multi-year agreement to validate, develop and commercialize biofungicides for farmers worldwide. Through the agreement, Corteva Agriscience receives an exclusive, global ...

Simon Fox, MD of Emerald Research Ltd, learned this week that Defra was delaying the release of its consultation “Creating an Enabling Regulatory Environment for Enhanced Efficiency Fertilisers” that is evaluating the ...

Due to the recent frosts in Brazil, which affected most of the producing areas, in the first decade of August, the prices of Agata potato variety (washed) were seen around R$91.11 (weighted ...

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 ...