PiperPlus, the UK's first approved precision-bred Maris Piper potato, combines resistance to late blight, Potato Virus Y (PVY), and Potato Leafroll Virus (PLRV) to support more sustainable potato production with reduced reliance on crop protection chemicals.
Julio 26, 2026
UK Approves First Precision-Bred Disease-Resistant Maris Piper Potato as PiperPlus Moves Closer to Market
The UK has approved PiperPlus, the first precision-bred disease-resistant Maris Piper potato. Developed by The Sainsbury Laboratory, it resists late blight, PVY and PLRV, reducing fungicide use and supporting more sustainable potato production.
New resistance genes against late blight were identified in a close relative of the potato, Solanum americanum
Febrero 22, 2021
Un nuevo gen hace que las patatas sean resistentes a 19 aislamientos de Phytophthora
Un equipo internacional de investigadores, incluido el de WUR Wageningen, ha logrado avances significativos en la lucha contra la infame enfermedad de la papa Phytophthora infestans.
Descubren que las patatas silvestres son claves para aumentar la resistencia. Arriba se muestra Solanum Stoloniferum (Cortesía: Cultivariable)
Agosto 14, 2019
Descubren que las patatas silvestres son claves para aumentar la resistencia
Descubren que las patatas silvestres son claves para aumentar la resistencia.
Dr Ingo Hein is a senior scientist based at the Cell and Molecular Sciences group of the James Hutton Institute
Julio 31, 2019
Cuatro genes de 'resistencia' de tizón tardío en variedades comerciales actuales de papa ya derrotadas por Phytophthora Infestans
Investigaciones recientes en el Instituto James Hutton sugieren que las diferencias genéticas en los linajes de la papa han dejado a las papas británicas y estadounidenses vulnerables al tizón tardío, la enfermedad que causó la hambruna irlandes.
Professor Jonathan Jones
Octubre 26, 2017
Reino Unido desarrolla papa genéticamente modificada resistente al tizón tardío
Científicos financiados por el fondo público del BBSRC y radicados en el Norwich Research Park, han desarrollado una papa genéticamente modificada con resistencia al tizón tardío.
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The effect of late blight on the resistant GM potato plants versus the not-resistant regular Maris Piper plants is plain to see.
Octubre 26, 2017
First field trial with GM Maris Piper resistant to late blight went brilliantly
A genetically-modified (GM) Maris Piper designed to resist the devastating plant disease late blight has worked “brilliantly” during the first year of field trials, according to scientists of The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL)
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Reino Unido controlará el tizón tardío con papa genéticamente modificada
Mayo 11, 2017
Reino Unido controlará el tizón tardío con papa genéticamente modificada
DEFRA ha aprobado la solicitud del Laboratorio Sainsbury, Norwich, para llevar a cabo ensayos de campo con cultivo de papa genéticamente modificada (GM) en un sitio de ensayo designado en el Norwich Research Park entre 2017 y 2021.
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The field trials are part of TSL’s Potato Partnership Project to develop a Maris Piper potato that is blight and nematode resistant, bruises less and produces less acrylamide when cooked at high temperatures.
Mayo 11, 2017
The Sainsbury Laboratory received approval for a four-year trial of genetically modified (GM) potatoes
In the United Kingdom, farming minster George Eustice (DEFRA) has approved a four-year trial of genetically modified (GM) potatoes at The Sainsbury Laboratory in Norwich.
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Close up of a potato leaf affected by phytophthora infestans (Courtesy: The Sainsbury Laboratory)
Abril 25, 2016
New technique accelerates isolation of late blight resistance genes from a wild potato relative
A team of scientists from The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL) and The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC) have developed a new method to accelerate isolation of plant disease resistance genes and - using their new method - a brand new source of blight resistance genes in Solanum americanum, a wild relative of the potato.
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