Tag: Potato Storage

Diseases such as black dot and silver scurf often are not visible at harvest or early storage; they typically show ...

Having the vantage point of 40 plus years to look out over the potato industry, one could expect many changes. Some ...

Engie's new energy-positive drying and storage process is already yielding good results in the Netherlands and Germany.

A ‘ban’ on the use of CIPC for potato growers in the EU has the potato industry on both sides ...

Storing potatoes long-term is often challenging and this is especially so if there is a reliance on ambient ventilation

There is generally pressure for potato store managers to closely monitor carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the industry

tubers compromised by any form of stress start pushing sprouts far earlier in the storage season

The EU has accepted a temporary maximum residue limit of 0.4 ppm for CIPC

One of the most commonly used sprout inhibitors at the moment is ethylene

If crops were treated with Maleic Hydrazide (MH) pre-harvest, in line with best practice recommendations, you will now be facing ...

As a result, sprout inhibitors for good safe storage are in the spotlight again.

Due to the increasing freezing cold, the temperature above potatoes or onions in storage can drop quickly, if the air ...

Pink rot is an important storage disease of potatoes. Caused by a soil-borne pathogen, Phytopthora erythroseptica, it’s found in potato-growing regions ...

A correct balance between yield and cost is important for the perspective of potato cultivation. This is the conclusion of ...

Chlorine IPC always went well. In a manner of speaking, storage took two fingers in the nose,

Good application is essential in getting the most from maleic hydrazide, which AHDB trials have shown to be a useful, ...

The Haanstra partnership in Luttelgeest (NOP) is fully committed to the long-term storage of their ware potatoes.

many potato batches that need additional sprouting inhibition.

People have puzzled for years why pathogen Phytophthora infestens causes the devastating late blight disease, source of the Irish Potato famine, on ...

Pressure bruise is a major defect and source of economic losses in potatoes for all market classes. Reasons pressure bruise ...

The Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) approved the use of the germ inhibitor 1,4SIGHT on December ...

For both potatoes and onions, “the 2020 crop has come out of the gate very strong,” according to Eric Beck, ...

Emmeloord - Over the past two years, Olaf van Campen from Adama has gained knowledge of an electronic potato. This is ...

The National Potato Council of Kenya (NPCK) has identified transport and potato farmers as NPCK as the main challenges facing ...

The storage season offers a plethora of potential challenges for potato growers. These challenges can include shrink, sprouting, bruising and ...