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Pink rot is an important storage disease of potatoes. Caused by a soil-borne pathogen, Phytopthora erythroseptica, it’s found in potato-growing regions throughout the world. This pathogen thrives in saturated soils, so the disease ...

ARA is an ultra-high precision sprayer that is mounted behind a tractor. It is able to distinguish crops from weeds, and can spray only crops, or spray only the weeds.

As in many potato-growing parts of the world, late blight disease stifles production and earnings. In China, the story is no different as smallholder potato farmers lose millions of tons of potato and hundreds of millions of dollars annually in potential income due to this pathogen‘s ...

Potato late blight, caused by Phytophthora infestans oomycete, is the most important disease of potato cultivation in the world. This disease affects both leaves, stems and tubers, reducing the yield by more ...

Digital Field helps farmers reduce production costs through the use of precise planting tools. Researchers are designing comprehensive production approaches using innovative equipment, which is offered to Ukrainian farmers. The Ukrainian technological ...

In a recent survey of potato growers completed by Spudman, disease control concerns were highlighted. Growers reported struggling with increased fungicide resistance issues with many common chemistries used to fight problematic diseases. ...

A well-rounded potato disease management plan is the first step toward a successful season. potato disease management To optimize quality and improve marketable yield, here are 4 tips to start strong in ...

A diagnostic lab had to confirm these potato mop-top virus (PMTV) symptoms. Note concentric arcs that can occur with these viruses. This textbook symptom of spraing can be misleading because it does ...

 Micronutrients tend to fall by the wayside, but their importance should not be overlooked. A comprehensive nutrition plan is paramount. To find out more about what this means for growers, we talked ...

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 ...

Forecast models are a good tool for starting the spraying process. However, it is important to control the potato whipping yourself. If the past two years have brought an advantage, it is clear ...

Demo trials by BASF show that, thanks to more efficient control of rhizoctonia, seed potato growers can often harvest earlier and also get more available product from the land. In a multi-year ...

As technology improves, life is changing. You’re not searching for a payphone to let your family know you made it safely, you’re reaching into your pocket and sending a quick text. You’re ...

Measurements on organic arable, wine and fruit-growing areas in Switzerland show that pesticides are transported for kilometers through the air. This also applies to hardly volatile substances. Plant protection products (PPPs) applied to ...

The Minister of Agriculture, Santiago Bertoni, said that the peasants, like the medical workers, are "heroes" who during the months of the COVID-19 pandemic have not stopped producing and supplying the markets. ...

Data-driven decisions based on weather information are helping East Anglian farms cut the cost and environmental impact of crop spraying – with the help of a new free-to-use sensor network. Norwich-based machinery ...

Potatoes are grown for their attractive market prices. However, this lucrative investment can result into frustration especially if diseases strike. The best way to guarantee success in production is to prevent them. ...

A diagnostic lab had to confirm these potato mop-top virus (PMTV) symptoms. Note concentric arcs that can occur with these viruses. This textbook symptom of spraing can be misleading because it does ...

Farmers without protective gear apply fungicides to control late blight in Huasahuasi in Junín, Peru. Late blight is the most destructive potato disease in the world. It affects all potato producers (small-scale, ...

Wageningen University & Research uses computer models to develop sustainable management strategies in the control of potato late blight, caused by Phytophthora infestans.Francine Pacilly received her PhD on this socially relevant topic ...

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Albany, California, have found a way to streamline the process that scientists use to insert multiple genes into a crop plant, developing a reliable method that ...

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 ...

Potato growers in Idaho will now have the opportunity to learn about the presence of damaging fungal pathogens much earlier, thanks to the efforts of research staff at the University of Idaho. ...

A 25-year-old French student has won a EUR150k prize from the French Ministry of Agriculture to develop a fresh fruit and vegetable pesticide detector.  On average, in conventional farming, a potato is ...

The U.S. Agency for International Development has awarded Michigan State University (MSU) a $5.8 million cooperative agreement to improve potato production in Bangladesh and Indonesia. The grant supports USAID’s work under Feed the ...