Irish Potato Blight Originates in South America: A Genetic Breakthrough
Genetic Analysis: The Andes as a Pathogen's CradleA recent genetic study has revealed that the source of the late blight ...
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Transforming Agriculture: The Future of Germplasm Exchange in Kenya
Explore the transformative journey of Kenya's germplasm exchange laboratory, poised to revolutionize agricultural research and innovation. Discover how collaboration, innovation, ...
Government Grants EUR 80,000 for Research and Promotion in Spain
#PotatoCultivation #Agriculture #GovernmentSubsidy #Research #Promotion #Sustainability #Spain #OIPACYL #AgriculturalInnovation In Spain, the government's decision to allocate EUR 80,000 (USD 87,000) ...
World Potato Congress 2024: Platinum Sponsors Announced
This article highlights the announcement of Platinum sponsors for the World Potato Congress 2024 and encourages stakeholders to register for ...
Discovery of the fight against potato late blight: opinions of leading experts
Join an upcoming webinar hosted by UPL featuring leading experts and researchers on potato late blight. Get important information ahead ...
Enhancing Soil Health: Insights from Potato Harvest in Santa Fe Village, Peru
This article provides insights from the first day of potato harvest in Santa Fe Village, Peru, where conservation agriculture treatments ...
Strengthening Collaboration: Enhancing RTB Systems for Sustainable Agriculture
This article highlights the significance of collaboration and networking in strengthening RTB systems for sustainable agriculture. It discusses the outcomes ...
Unveiling the Path to Healthy Potatoes: Insights from the V All-Russian Plant Protection Congress
#Agriculture #PotatoCultivation #PlantProtection #PlantScience #AgriculturalInnovation #SeedFair #Agronomy #Research #SustainableAgriculture #CropHealth #Russia #VIZR #PotatoUnion #StPetersburg April 16–19, 2024 The V All-Russian ...
Potato processing revolution: Belgium leads the way
#Belgium #potatoprocessing #innovation #sustainabledevelopment #agriculture #technology #cooperation #research #industryleadership #environmentalprotection The Belgian potato processing industry is a model of excellence ...
Potato Growers co-operative Society Okara Pakistan
In the heart of Pakistan lies Okara, a city renowned for its bountiful potato cultivation. Since 1979, the Potato Vegetable ...
Unveiling Cutting-Edge Strategies to Reduce Acrylamide Formation in Potato Crisps: Paving the Way for Safer and Healthier Snacking
#Agriculture #Acrylamide #PotatoCrisps #FoodSafety #HealthierSnacks #Research #FarmingTechniques #Agronomy #AgriculturalEngineering Acrylamide, a potential carcinogen, is naturally formed during high-temperature cooking processes ...
Enhancing Soil Monitoring with Aquacheck Sub-Surface Soil Moisture Probe
#soilmoisture #irrigationmanagement #precisionfarming #agriculturaltechnology #soilmanagement #sustainableagriculture #soilmonitoring #researchtools #waterresourcemanagement #datadrivenfarming Accurate measurement of soil moisture is essential for efficient agricultural ...
Major research study confirms potatoes can be part of a healthy diet
Potatoes have received a key health boost on the back of a major research project recently completed by staff at ...
Phosphorus shortage could affect worldwide crop yields
While phosphorus is an essential element for plant metabolism and growth, its future supply under elevated levels of atmospheric carbon ...
Documenting plant organ development
In living organisms, development is a combination of multiple coordinated processes that interact in time and space over the course ...
Researchers elucidate structure of enigmatic chloroplast protein transport machinery
Chloroplasts of algae and plants are the cellular engines that convert solar energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis. These organelles, ...
Copying nature to help plants resist viruses
For thousands of years, crops have been shaped by domestication processes. Farmers cross-breed and select new varieties, adapted to constantly ...
Water pores in leaves proven to be part of plant’s defense system against pathogens
How do plants defend themselves against pathogenic microorganisms? This is a complex puzzle, of which a team of biologists from the ...
Understanding plants can boost wildland-fire modeling in an uncertain future
A new conceptual framework for incorporating the way plants use carbon and water, or plant dynamics, into fine-scale computer models ...
With rapidly increasing heat and drought, can plants adapt?
At a time when climate change is making many areas of the planet hotter and drier, it's sobering to think ...
A transnational collaboration leads to the characterization of an emergent plant virus
In the 21st century, "collaboration" has become a popular buzzword, but effectively working together across disciplines and countries is easier ...
![HvRLK4 and HvRLK10 can activate the symbiotic pathway in Medicago. (A) Representative bright-field and YFP fluorescence (transformation control) images of Medicago roots expressing RLK4-2xLaG16 and RLK10-GFP depicted to the right. Scale bar = 1 mm. (B) Number of nodules formed on plants expressing the indicated constructs in the absence of rhizobia. Nodules were counted nine weeks after hairy root transformation. Circles represent individual plants. Numbers below the boxplots specify number of nodulated plants out of total number of plants. Lowercase letters indicate significant differences between samples [analysis of variance (Kruskal-Wallis) and post-hoc analysis (Dunn’s test), p < 0.05]. Credit: Science (2023).](https://potatoes.news/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/novel-strategy-for-eng-350x250.jpg)
Novel strategy for engineering root nodule symbiosis into important crops for more sustainable agri-food systems
Legume plants do not depend on externally supplied nitrogen, because they can form a symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, called rhizobia. The ...
Study of bryophytes reveals evolution of genetic pathways governing plant branching
Non-vascular bryophytes live in colonies that cover the ground and resemble tiny forests. In a real forest, plants compete for ...
Glassy and reactive: Plants are more dynamic than you think
Is the inside of a plant cell more like a liquid or a solid? While this may sound like an ...
Study shows variable-density planting can be a cost-effective tool for weed control
High-density crop planting is a proven approach for suppressing patches of weeds that escape other controls. Unfortunately, though, the cost ...
