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Apartes mas importantes del documento "Best practice for seed handling and storage"que recientemente publicó el Potato Council del Reino Unido.

It appears that potato psyllids, the tiny winged insects that can spread zebra chip disease in potato fields, will overwinter in Boise, Idaho, this season, despite the city experiencing one of its coldest Januaries on record.

Una invitación a participar en una alianza para el monitoreo de la diversidad genética de las papas nativas, denominada “Iniciativa Chirapaq La Ruta del Arcoiris”, que está encabezando el Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP), formuló Stef De Haan, inv...

Some farmers on P.E.I. are dealing with the problem of potatoes rotting in storage this winter and growers in the western part of the province are especially hard hit.

Red, right size and low on sugar, Lady Rosetta is the flavour of the season for north Gujarat’s farmers.

El municipio nicaragüense de Tisma logró cultivar papa de consumo en una zona cálida e inusual para producir el tubérculo, anunció la Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería (UNI), con el apoyo de la Fundación para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Agropecuario y F...

The United States Potato Board website for consumers, Potatogoodness.com has been redesigned end 2012.

Njoroge is studying a new lineage of Phytophthora infestans called KE-1 that is spreading rapidly across East Africa.

Tim O’Connor, President and CEO of the U.S. Potato Board, Denver, CO, has accepted an offer to lead a new marketing agency dedicated to the Mexican avocado industry.

Research conducted by the Bio-Protection Research Centre at Lincoln University, using the southern ladybird as a biological control agent, has shown the predator to be voracious and effective at reducing tomato-potato psyllid (TPP) numbers.

Cold storages in West Bengal are struggling to stay afloat because of the state government’s refusal to let them raise rent.

The Bengal state government may opt to defer a rise in the price of potato cold storage in light of the fact that an election is coming. Any rise in prices is unlikely to be popular with the electorate.

Asda has withdrawn its Smart Price Potato Salad (250g) with a 'use by' date of 26 March 2013, because it might contain peanuts.

An international team of scientists headed by Wageningen University has discovered a genetic mechanism which allows potato plants to develop tubers during the long days of spring and summer in northern latitudes.

Whole Foods Market announced today at Natural Products Expo West that, by 2018, all products in its U.S. and Canadian stores must be labeled to indicate if they contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Durante el último Congreso ALAP en Uberlandia (2012) se presentó el "IV Congreso Iberoemaricano de Investigación y Desarrollo en Patata – PATATA 2013”. Lamentablemente, debido a la situación económica de España y los problemas de financiación que ...

Recently the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reached a settlement with Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, concluding that severe food allergies, including celiac disease (an autoimmune disorder), qualify as a disability under the Americans...

Biofumigation is being used in Tasmania to reduce vegetable cropping rotations and boost yields.