A potato leaf showing late blight infection caused by Phytophthora infestans (Courtesy: Howard F. Schwartz, Colorado State University)
March 10, 2016
Two Blades Foundation partners with Simplot and The Sainsbury Laboratory to advance potato disease resistance
The Two Blades Foundation (2Blades) announced a research partnership between 2Blades, The Sainsbury Laboratory, and J. R. Simplot Company to develop potato varieties with increased resistance to oomycete and bacterial diseases.
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Donna Delparte, assistant professor in the Department of Geosciences at Idaho State University with drone near a potato field. She presented her research results during the Idaho Potato Conference 2016.
January 27, 2016
Quick and early disease detection by drones with hyperspectral camera
Idaho State University researchers have found high-tech cameras mounted on drones flying 60 meters above potato fields can effectively detect individual diseased and stressed plants.
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United States
Innate® late blight resistance demonstrated at Michigan State University, 2013 (Courtesy: J.R. Simplot Company)
January 17, 2016
Simplot's Second Generation Innate® Potato Receives FDA Safety Clearance
The Food and Drug Administration has completed its food and feed safety assessment of the J.R. Simplot Company’s second generation of Innate® potatoes. Simplot will still need to complete its registration with the Environmental Protection Agency for these potatoes before introducing them for sale in the U.S. marketplace.
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En esta imagen de 2013 difundida por J.R. Simplot Co., se muestra un campo muestra para la nueva papa transgénica, diseñada para resistir el patógeno que provocó la gran hambruna irlandesa, en la Universidad Estatal d Michigan en East Lansing, Michiga
January 13, 2016
EEUU aprueba papa genéticamente modificada
En una carta dirigida el martes a J.R. Simplot Co., con sede en Idaho, la FDA dijo que la papa no es sustancialmente diferente en composición o seguridad a otros productos que ya están en el mercado, y no suscita ningún cuestionamiento por el que la agencia tuviera que realizar exámenes más rigurosos antes de que sea comercializada.
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MSU has long helped potato growers in Michigan and around the globe. Photo illustration courtesy of MSU
November 11, 2015
Major US project to improve potato production in Bangladesh and Indonesia led by MSU
The US Agency for International Development has awarded Michigan State University (MSU) a $5.8 million cooperative agreement to improve potato production in Bangladesh and Indonesia. Additional partners include the University of Minnesota and J.R. Simplot as well as in-country partners in both Bangladesh and Indonesia.
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Potato field in Pennsylvania naturally infected with late blight, September 2014. Only surviving plants are Innate™ generation two (Courtesy: J.R. Simplot)
September 01, 2015
USDA Deregulates Second Generation Innate™ GMO Potatoes
The J.R. Simplot Company is pleased that the USDA has deregulated the Russet Burbank variety of the second generation of Innate™ potatoes. Simplot is looking forward to the completion of the EPA registration and FDA consultation before the second generation of Innate™ potatoes can be introduced into the marketplace.
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Maris Piper (Courtesy: Potato Council Variety Database / SASA)p
June 10, 2015
The Quest to Engineer the Perfect Potato
Researchers in the United Kingdom aim for a new commercial potato that resists many of the worst vulnerabilities of potato crops around the world.
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A look at the Innate Potato by FrankenFoodFacts
June 08, 2015
A look at the Innate Potato by FrankenFoodFacts
The blog FrankenFoodFacts recently published a review of the Innate potato of Simplot Plant Sciences. This blog by Layla Katiraee, who holds a Ph.D. in molecular genetics and is a senior scientist at a biotech company, offers the most insightful review of the Innate Potato PotatoPro has seen so far.
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Beijing Simplot Food Processing Co. hit with record fine for discharging polluted water
April 30, 2015
Beijing Simplot Food Processing Co. hit with record fine for discharging polluted water
McDonald's French Fry supplier in Beijing - Beijing Simplot Food Processing Co. Ltd - has been fined a record 3.9 million yuan (about 655,000 USD) for discharging waste water that exceeded the maximum allowed COD value.
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