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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 ...

The Industry Advisory Group (IAG) of the IPPC ePhyto Solution calls on governments to support the adoption of ePhyto to facilitate international agricultural trade, which would be crucial in safeguarding global food ...

The Colorado State University potato program is committed to developing research based information and extension education programs to support the Colorado potato production and marketing system and consumers alike.  Strong, forward-looking research ...

The business has come a long way since Eddie Finnegan set it up in the late 1970’s. Back then as an agricultural contractor, Eddie focused mainly on silage, tillage and hedge cutting. ...

Damage caused by ride needles has become more and more common in recent years. On the one hand, potato growers are facing the elimination of a number of chemicals. On the other ...

Agricultural enterprises and farmers of the Tambov region have begun harvesting potatoes. This year, “second bread” is present in the crop rotation of 35 commodity producers, who allotted 3 hectares for it. ...

Chemical, mechanical, thermal or electrical defraying...? Several solutions are available to succeed in this intervention. The aim of the defeasing is to completely and rapidly destroy the vegetation to control the caliber, control the ...

The Warnez family has been involved in the potato industry since 1950. In addition to our commitment, we continue to apply ourselves to innovation. This allows us to continue to be a ...

Symptoms of PMTV: Infected plants do not always show symptoms and symptom development depends on potato cultivar, virus strain and the environment. Foliar symptoms will only occur when disease develops from infected ...

Shelley farmer Bart Wattenbarger was banking on a strong market to help him recover from a widespread early season freeze last fall that destroyed about 30% of his potato crop. For awhile ...

Symptoms of potato mop top virus 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 ...

1.1 The plant - how to grow potato The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is an herbaceous annual that grows up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall and produces tubers, which are botanically thickened stems ...

Potato growers are at risk of virus and disease threat if they do not follow an integrated approach to new desiccation regimes, say experts working on the third year of desiccation trials ...

Potato production is expanding across parts of Africa and Asia. 368 million tons of potatoes were harvested globally in 2019, as people from Vietnam to Kenya, the Peruvian Andes to Rwanda produced ...

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, ...

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 161.7 points in December 2018, nearly unchanged from its November value as lower dairy and sugar quotations were largely offset by firmer cereal prices and ...

The total requirement of potato in Pakistan is 3.75 million ton and expected yield is 4.2 million ton, Ministry of National Food Security and Research has said. Punjab is Pakistan's Potato Hub ...

After Great Britain published its potato statistics earlier this month, the North-western European Potato Growers (NEPG) created the overview for their entire region: an 18 percent lower total harvest. Also much lower ...

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 ...

The General Manager of United Potato Growers of Canada, Kevin MacIsaac, released a report on the final potato harvest situation in Canada. Kevin MacIsaac: Unfortunately this has been a very difficult harvest ...

To reduce CO2 emissions in agriculture, REMA Environmental Machinery BV has developed a 48 Volt fully electrically driven haulm puller / root cutter for mechanical potato haulm (foliage) destruction in (seed) potatoes. All ...

AVR, Belgian manufacturer of potato equipment, announced to have appointed 3 new full liner dealers in Canada. AVR manufactures a full range of agricultural machinery for the cultivation of potatoes as well ...

Hippie Snacks, a Burnaby, British Columbia-based company specializing in premium plant-based foods, has added four new savoury snacks to its lineup: Cauliflower Crisps (in Original and Classic Ranch flavors) and Avocado Crisps ...

The picturesque Bamiyan province with its beautiful landscape has been a popular tourist destination in the conflict-ridden Afghanistan over the past decades, and growing potatoes in recent years has added to Bamiyan's ...