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When a pathogen attacks a plant, infection usually follows after the plant’s immune system is compromised.  A team of researchers at the University of California, Riverside focused on Phytophthora and deciphered how it succeeded in crippling the potato...

While the poor price of milk being paid to farmers by supermarkets has often hit the headlines, the same inequality in the supply chain also applied to potatoes, according to Allan Stevenson, chairman of the Potato Council.

British seed potatoes are grown in over 50 countries worldwide, with Egypt a long-time major export destination, accounting for around 40% of total seed exported. Even though GB seed export tonnage is still being calculated for the 2012/2013 season, of...

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 210 in January 2013, unchanged from the slightly revised December value. Following three months of consecutive declines, the Index stabilized in January, as a rebound in oils/fats prices offset a decline for cereals an...

A second outbreak of potato bacterial disease ring rot in the UK is being investigated, Fera has announced.

A University of Idaho researcher says he's optimistic efforts to develop genetically modified potatoes will resurface.

From 6 to 8 February 2013, a total of 2,543 exhibitors from 78 countries will be presenting not only the entire product and service range that so amply supplies consumers with fresh fruit and vegetables (and potatoes!) , but also numerous interesting i...

Idaho potato farmers should see more moderate increases in production costs in 2013 than they've experienced in recent years, University of Idaho Extension economist Paul Patterson predicts.

The dire weather conditions this winter has thrown at potato growers in the United Kingdom has created a harvest that has been far more challenging than the industry has seen for many years.

La comunidad científica internacional está de acuerdo en que una de las mayores manifestaciones del cambio climático es la creciente variabilidad interanual y estacional de la temperatura, precipitación y radiación solar, lo que se traduce en una mayor...

DuPont™ Evalio AgroSystems services is a free pest monitoring tool that helps detect insect pests. Growers using the system are provided with real-time in-season information that helps them choose the most appropriate product and spray timing to achiev...

The ever changing story of Europe's relationship with biotechnology took another twist recently when the giant German chemical firm BASF announced it was halting the development of all its GM potato varieties in Europe.

Vegetable exporters in Pakistan have demanded of the government a subsidy on exports of potato to remain competitive at world markets at a time when Pakistan is poised to produce the commodity in surplus this year.

Casi a punto la planta de procesamiento de la Papa, parte del proyecto "Guaranda Productivo", que se ejecuta gracias a la comunidad de Madrid - España, Ministerio de la Producción, Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y Acuacultura - M...

ODENBERG and BEST, part of TOMRA Sorting Solutions, will showcase different systems from their market-leading sensor-based optical sorters. The newly formed company exhibits for the first time together in Germany.

2012 was a challenging growing season, with exceptional weather conditions impacting on the GB crop’s size and quality. Shoppers have seen price rises in store and there have been many stories about the cost of food within the media.

El Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (Inia) inauguró esta mañana una importante reunión de científicos internacionales, que vienen desarrollando metodologías y herramientas moleculares eficientes, para contrarrestar los efectos que está producie...

El programa de Investigación del CGIAR sobre raíces, tubérculos y banano (RTBs) inició recientemente un proyecto para identificar el origen de la degeneración de las semillas y desarrollar herramientas sencillas para su control.