Potato Variety Database in the UK: a tool for making informed choices of potato varieties

Seed potatoes from some regions of the UK are recognised as pest free material. Promoting domestic potato varieties, many organizations in the UK provide potato growers with information on resilient varieties of potato in the condition of climate change. There is an online database that includes information on agronomic traits of potato as well as results of evaluation of resistance to many potato pests and diseases. Potato Variety Database is hosted by SASA (https://potatoes.agricrops.org/).  It provides data on GB-certified potato varieties that have undergone independent resistance testing for key pests and diseases.

Potato variety database has been developed to inform potato growers that there are a lot of potato varieties in the UK that are recognized resilient, climate-adaptive and productive varieties in the modern type of sustainable farming and the limitation of the range of crop protection products due to the strict legislation and concerns on food safety.

Poll: Do you use online databases to make an informed choice of potato varieties?

No – I do not know about such databases.

Yes – Indeed, I am familiar with such resources

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