Tag: potato diseases or defects

Most scab infections take place at tuber initiation. The type of lesion—superficial, pitted, or erumpent—is probably determined by variety tolerance, ...

The ring rot bacterium, scientifically known as Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. Sepedonicus, poses a significant threat to potato crops, with its ...

Одна из проблем, когда проводиться слишком ранняя посадка заключается в том, что нет двух одинаковых сезонов.

University of Idaho - The potato industry has a term for the unpleasant surprise of cutting into a seemingly good potato to ...

Calcium plays an important role in the growth and development of plants. Cell membrane health is very crucial to the ...

While temperature is probably the most important potato storage concern, another important step in storing potatoes is ensuring adequate relative ...

What’s wrong with my potato crop? Getting to the bottom of that question involves diligence and knowledge.

Some of the species cover crops we select, their exudates actually suppress some of the pathogens for our potatoes,” said ...

Cover crops perform a range of functions. From protecting vulnerable soils to promoting soil biology to providing much-needed food for ...

Common scab is one of the oldest bacterial diseases of potatoes.

Ozone is electrified air, similar to the air that humans breathe, and it can be used to kill bugs, fungus ...

There is more to the long-term storage of potatoes than sprout suppressants. Here we examine five main considerations

  Nothing was more threatening or destructive than the loss that results in a pile of good quality potatoes from ...

Рroblem that is apparent only after the potatoes are unloaded is pressure bruise.

Management of wound healing comes from the initial conditions potatoes are exposed to after harvest.

The range in environmental conditions during harvest can be vast depending upon daily weatherand time of day. “Ideal” harvest conditions ...

Blackspot bruising is a quality concern no matter what market of the industry a potato is destined

Very few things can ruin the market value of a good crop as fast as too much bruise.

Storages and handling equipment should be cleaning and sanitized before and after use

Storage cleaning and disinfection is important, especially to minimize disease carryover from one season to the next

Cleaning and disinfectant can help prevent spread of the following potato diseases:

There are two seasons with potatoes: The growing season and the storage season.

As humans domesticated plants, they saved certain seeds to plant in the next growing season based on desirable traits. Susceptibility to ...

In 2022, the Dutch Food and Commodity Authority (NVWA) identified eight cases of warts caused by the fungus Synchytrium endobioticum ...

Are you using the right fungicides to protect for the potato diseases you are attempting to control? Understanding how fungicides work can ...