This article provides detailed insights from AHDB on optimizing potato cultivation and storage, covering airflow analysis, respiration rates, sprout suppression, disease identification, condensation control, and storage temperatures.
Exploring the Pioneering Contributions of Darol to Potato Storage Technology In the annals of agricultural history, certain individuals stand out as trailblazers whose innovations have left an indelible mark on ...
#OrganicAgriculture #PotatoStorage #SustainableFarming #USDAGrant #AgriculturalResearch #OrganicIndustry #PlantEssentialOils #EnvironmentalSustainability #AgriculturalInnovation #CropScience In response to the escalating demand for organic products, particularly potatoes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has allocated USD2 ...
#Potatostorage #Transpirationrates #Temperature #Humidity #Arrheniusequation #Post-harvestlosses #Croppreservation #Agriculturalscience #Farmingoptimization While a multitude of factors impact potato storage, one crucial aspect is the rate of transpiration, which directly affects the water ...
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@jorgeluisalonso#Potatostorage #Chlorophyllroduction #Vis/NIRspectroscopy #Tuberquality #Cropmanagement Potatoes are one of the most widely grown crops globally, and their storage is crucial for ensuring a steady supply throughout the year. However, stored ...
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#Potatostorage #DMN #naturabio-control #sustainableagriculture #foodsecurity #environmentalimpact #agriculturalinnovation Potatoes are one of the most widely grown and consumed crops globally, with an increasing demand for high-quality storage techniques that preserve their ...
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#agriculture#seedstorage#crop#yields#farming#agriculturalengineering#agronomy#potatostorage#seedquality As a farmer or agricultural professional, you know that seed quality is critical to crop yields. However, if seed storage isn't done properly, it can significantly reduce the germination ...
Zhaotong city has a population of 6 million. Over 20% of the people live in poverty. The government has an aggressive program to provide improved seed potatoes to all farmers ...
For a successful potato industry that will bring about impact at household and national levels, a continuous production and storage of potatoes is indispensable. This will enable availability of potatoes ...
Many of my colleagues use tare soil for raising the level, the vegetable garden, or reinforcing the embankment.
The intricacies of conveyor belting, however, which play an important role in a seamless storage process, are much lesser known and understood.
Diseases such as black dot and silver scurf often are not visible at harvest or early storage; they typically show up one to three months after tubers were placed in ...
Having the vantage point of 40 plus years to look out over the potato industry, one could expect many changes. Some were not even predictable.
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 of the pond concerned.
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 a decision on whether to apply in- store sprout suppressants ...
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 above is not heated.
Pink rot is an important storage disease of potatoes. Caused by a soil-borne pathogen, Phytopthora erythroseptica, it’s found in potato-growing regions throughout the world. This pathogen thrives in saturated soils, so ...
A correct balance between yield and cost is important for the perspective of potato cultivation. This is the conclusion of arable farm managers Mathieu Vrancken of the Boerenbond in Belgium ...
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, cost-effective tool for controlling early dormancy break in potatoes.
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 potatoes, but has no effect at all on plants like ...
Pressure bruise is a major defect and source of economic losses in potatoes for all market classes. Reasons pressure bruise In bulk storage, potato tubers are subjected to pile pressure ...
The Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) approved the use of the germ inhibitor 1,4SIGHT on December 17, 2020. The approval of the germ inhibitor ARGOS is still ...
For both potatoes and onions, “the 2020 crop has come out of the gate very strong,” according to Eric Beck, director of marketing for Wada Farms Marketing Group LLC in ...
Emmeloord - Over the past two years, Olaf van Campen from Adama has gained knowledge of an electronic potato. This is an invention of Solentum. We ask Van Campen five questions. Olaf, ...
The National Potato Council of Kenya (NPCK) has identified transport and potato farmers as NPCK as the main challenges facing potato farmers. Failure to comply with the 50kg law in ...
The storage season offers a plethora of potential challenges for potato growers. These challenges can include shrink, sprouting, bruising and rot. Although the doors may be closed on the storage, ...
Austrian cooperative Rheintaler Feldfrüchte about the new storage capacity Twelve months a year, fresh, regional potatoes, onions and other open ground products: That is the ambitious goal of the Austrian ...
While temperature is probably the most important potato storage concern, another important step in storing potatoes is ensuring adequate relative humidity levels in the storage shed. Relative humidity is the ...
The Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) ordered the suspension of the approvals for the following plant protection products in a decision dated December 4, 2020: ARGOS ...
Potatoes harvested early for the rainy period (late August and early September) under high temperatures are now very restless. It was often difficult to cool these batches down due to a ...
Optimal storage practices start in the field and can hinge on a variety of factors and conditions, both with the tubers and inside their storage environment. As we’ve seen this ...
With a view to the elimination of chlorpropham, Agrifirm has conducted proactive research in recent years into alternative solutions for sprouting inhibition in potatoes. The starting point is an environmentally conscious ...
Potato growers are facing an increasing challenge. The changing climate has long required a new approach to potato storage. Since the 2020 harvest has banned the germ inhibitor chlorpropham, a different approach ...
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