Aardappelrassen en pootaardappelen

Los Incas del Perú descubrieron que la papa era una raíz comestible. De hecho, todas las papas brotan de una especie de plantas silvestres originarias del sur del país. En la actualidad, estamos familiarizados con muchos tipos y sabores de papas que so...

The Premier Russet was one hot potato, but the high expectations did not materialize...

Breeders at Cornell University are helping to feed the US appetite for the crispy snacks

Small potatoes aren't small potatoes anymore, at least when it comes to marketing delicious spuds.

Alrededor de 1.200 semillas de variedades de papas nativas del distrito cusqueño de Písac serán enviadas a la Bóveda Global de Semillas, ubicada en el archipiélago noruego de Svalbard, en el Ártico, con el fin de garantizar su preservación y material g...

As climate change and disease threaten potato farming in the tuber’s ancestral home in the Peruvian Andes, potato preservationists today launched a major effort to safeguard more than 1,500 varieties by sending them to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault (SGSV) in the Arctic Circle.

Er heerst opluchting in de pootgoedhandel. De export op Noord-Afrika en Egypte is zo goed als gedaan en heeft hierdoor geen belemmeringen ondervonden in verband met de onrust in deze gebieden.

De Inca’s in Peru hebben ooit de aardappel als eetbare knol ontdekt. Feitelijk stammen alle aardappelen af van één wilde plantensoort uit Zuid-Peru. Vandaag de dag kennen we door het natuurlijk kruisen van verschillende rassen, vele soorten en smaken ...

The Inca’s in Peru once discovered the potato as an eatable root. In fact, all potatoes sprout from one wild plant species originating from the southern part of Peru. Today, we are familiar with many potato types and tastes by a natural crossing of dif...

De COGEM is verzocht te adviseren over de milieurisico’s van een kleinschalige (categorie 1) veldproef met genetisch gemodificeerde aardappelen (Solanum tuberosum) met een verhoogde resistentie tegen Phytophthora infestans, de veroorzaker van de aardappelziekte.

BASF Plant Science has concluded its Amflora cultivation plans for the 2011 season. Amflora, the genetically enhanced potato for use in the starch industry, will this year be cultivated on two hectares of land in Üplingen (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany).

About 75 growers at the Washington-Oregon Potato Conference learned more about new potato clones and cultivars Tuesday afternoon from researchers based in both states.

El maíz es la comida favorita en Kenia. A sus habitantes les encanta. Sin embargo, los investigadores están buscando la forma de cambiar ese hábito. Por eso el Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP) y el Instituto de Investigación Agrícola de Kenia (KAR...

Victor Otazu, a aeroponic specialist with the International Potato Center, tends to some aeroponic potato plants in Nairobi, Kenya. Kenyans love to eat maize. It's the country's favorite food. But researchers at the Kenya Agricultural Research Institu...

Living Foods (NL) en Corpoica (Col.) zijn onlangs in Colombia gestart met een gezamenlijk project ten behoeve van zogenaamde snelle vermeerdering van Mini-Knollen uit vitro-materiaal.

Con el fin de proporcionar información actualizada sobre los clones avanzados y variedades de papa del Centro Internacional de la Papa disponibles para su distribución en todo el mundo, el CIP ha publicado un Catálogo de Clones Avanzados, disponible en...

The International Potato Center has published a Catalogue of Advanced Clones, which provides up to the minute information on the potato advanced clones and varieties available for worldwide distribution.

In the first known study to address the effects of potato consumption on antioxidant status, oxidative stress and inflammation in humans, a team of research scientists worked with a group of Washington adult males to test the hypothesis that antioxidants from colored potatoes would decrease susceptibility to chronic diseases.