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 ...
Tag: research
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 ...
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 ...
Molecular mechanism behind nutrient element-induced plant disease resistance discovered
ust as humans can't subsist on a diet of only French fries and brownies, plants must also consume a balanced ...
Turning plants into biological factories
Genetic manipulation has come a long way. Humans have been using genetic manipulation for millennia, long before we worked in ...
Wildflower cells reveal mystery of leaf’s structure
In plants, the cells that form the internal structure of leaves start out as tightly compacted spheres in the early ...
Researchers reveal novel epigenetic mechanism in establishment of seed vigor
n plants, producing highly vigorous seeds capable of germinating and establishing seedlings is vital for their propagation and is a ...
Unraveling the selective transport of sugar and a hormone that underlies male fertility in plants
Researchers at Nagoya University, Japan, have discovered a mechanism for the selective transportation of sugar and hormones in plants. The ...
SCIENTISTS OF THE SPB FRC RAS HAVE SEPARATED COMPOUNDS INCREASING THE YIELD OF AGRICULTURAL CROPS FROM THE BOTTOM SEDIMENTS OF LAKES
Researchers from the St. Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPb FRC RAS) have developed a ...
Scientists from the St. Petersburg Federal Research Center have isolated compounds from bottom sediments of lakes that increase crop yields
Researchers from the St. Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPb FRC RAS) have developed a ...
This beetle was one of the first to be attacked with chemicals, and it’s been very successful at evolving past those attacks
The Colorado potato beetle has evolved resistance to more than 50 different kinds of insecticides, making the insect a “super ...
Research: Good baking color results of potatoes after using the sprout inhibitor Restrain
Ethylene is one of the most effective sprout inhibitors for potatoes in storage. The method is cheap, easy to use and ...
Researchers predict breeding, regional shifts in potatoes in coming decades
Thanks to a collaboration between researchers across the world, including the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical ...
Research shows: robust varieties more resistant to phytophtora
RESEARCH RESULTS OF DEMO FIELDS PROMISING - ORGANIC SECTOR WANTS TO SWITCH 100% TO ROBUST VARIETIES The robust potato varieties ...
The market for colored potatoes: a research perspective
Along with the paradigm shift in food worldwide, the consumer is also more open to trying different foods, for example, ...
U.S. Potato Genebank
Part of the National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS), the U.S. Potato Genebank has for more than six decades collected and ...
Research centres join LEAF as centres of excellence for sustainable farming
Agrii’s Throws Farm Technology Centre and Newcastle University Farms have become the latest two establishments to join the LEAF Network. ...
Food system sustainability relies on potato’s “wild relatives”
Looking ahead to the next 50 years, potato researchers and farmers have significant concerns about producing enough food under the stressors of ...
Timing is key for weed control between potato planting, row closure
From potato planting to row closure is a busy time for growers. It’s also a busy time for weeds. Getting ...
Videos tell story about potato cultivation of the future
Holland Innovative Potato (HIP) makes research into more sustainable and future-proof potato cultivation accessible through a series of knowledge clips ...
WUR is investigating possible brown rot infection route via potato roots
Can brown rot be spread through the roots of the potato plant? That is the central question in a study that ...
China’s scientists ‘reinvent’ potatoes to solve global food crisis
China's scientists have developed a generation of "pure and fertile potato lines" with genome editing technologies in a groundbreaking achievement.
New tools, approaches may yield colorado potato beetle – resistant varieties
The Colorado potato beetle is a major pest in North America that can reduce potato yields by 30-50% if unchecked. ...
Research: how does a potato feel?
In an effort to increase agricultural productivity and limit waste, a team of researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem ...
Blight studies reveal evolution of potato disease in Europe and Asia
“Data has been passed to key partners across Europe to support integrated pest management approaches to blight control” Plant scientists ...
Miller Research
A scientist. That’s what Terry Miller was. A really, really good plant pathologist.
Connection found between bitter-tasting compound in potatoes & tomatoes
α-solanine, a toxic compound found in potato plants, is derived from the bitter-tasting α-tomatine
Center in Aberdeen: 2 new potato varieties
new potato varieties, developed in part at the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Aberdeen
