Outdoor workers – burning issue of UV sunlight poses risk
Welcome rays of sunshine bring a danger to health for those who work outdoors over prolonged periods
Welcome rays of sunshine bring a danger to health for those who work outdoors over prolonged periods
The right time to start spraying is crucial against late blight. Resistance management when using fungicides is also moving more and more into focus. Many funds will expire after 2021. © landpixel ...
Our Fight Against Blight programme started in 2004 and since then ‘blight scouts’ have sent in over 10,000 samples of potentially blight infested potato plants for genotyping. Each year the ...
“Data has been passed to key partners across Europe to support integrated pest management approaches to blight control” Plant scientists at the James Hutton Institute are studying the evolution of ...
G&G LED has designed a new series of LED luminaires specifically for use within demanding commercial food environments. This includes the wet, harsh conditions found in widespread food preparation, processing and storage ...
Three academic experts, including Richard E. Goodman from the Food Allergy Research and Resource Program, shed light on defeating late blight disease of potato in sub-Saharan Africa, starting with a ...
many wild potato species boast formidable defenses against diseases like late blight
A major research focus for CMS is on the genetic improvement of cereals
The result was the outcome of the wide-ranging impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the business groups in an exceptional year. Lockdowns exerted pressure on Aviko’s turnover in the foodservice ...
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 ...
Grower Jacob Vos from Bant, Flevoland, works in this way and supervises research into shallow tillage from practice.
With genetic markers, it becomes easier for breeders to develop resilient, high-yielding potatoes with the key traits—taste, texture, cooking time—sought by local consumers.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Some countries use extremely large amounts of nitrogen fertilizer, but still only get a little more yield out of it. This is what researchers with the participation of ETH Zurich report ...
We report the inhibitory effect of peptide extracts obtained from seven medicinal plants against a causative agent of late blight disease Phytophthora infestans. We find that all the extracts possess inhibitory activity ...
he potato variety Gardena has been called the potato of the future. It is the result of the previously adopted Polish breeding strategy. It was selected on the basis of the identification ...
This is shown by the processing figures of the Association for the Potato Processing Industry (Vavi). The processing has continued the way up for a while. In particular, the pre-baked ...
The Dutch potato processors processed 278,700 tonnes of potatoes in August to 119,200 tonnes of pre-baked product and 24,800 tonnes of other products. In line from April that's another slight ...
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 ...
Later this week, potato breeding companies in the Netherlands will all present their new varieties and seedlings during the annual Dutch potato variety presentations. This annual event is probably the ...
Innovation will take center stage at Produce Marketing Association’s (PMA) refreshed 2018 Fresh Summit Convention and Expo when it convenes in less than two weeks (October 18-20) in Orlando, Florida, ...
In Mexico, researchers of the National Forestry, Agriculture, and Livestock Research Institute (INIFAP), part of the Mexican Ministry of agriculture (SAGARPA), have developed a new potato variety, Citlali, with improved ...
Earlier this month, USDA-NASS published its annual report Potatoes 2017 Summary; September 2018. The data indicate a slight increase of the total 2017 potato production in the United States compared to ...