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Potato innovations in the fight against hunger and climate change at HZPC's Potato Days 2021
november 07, 2021
The Potato Days of HZPC are dedicated to the future of the potato. A future in which the potato provides an important contribution to the food security in the world and helps to combat climate change.
Seminario virtual organizado por el Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP) capacitará en la identificación de tres plagas de la papa
oktober 29, 2021
Con el fin de que los países latinoamericanos a los cuales aún no han llegado el psílido de la papa ni la papa manchada de la papa y la punta morada conozcan sus síntomas y cómo identificarlas será dirigido este seminario.
International Potato Center: Environmental Health and Biodiversity
oktober 27, 2021
The unpredictable impacts of natural disasters, environmental threats and a changing climate threaten global food security. The CIP genebank drives efforts to conserve the world’s genetic diversity of potato and sweet potato for future use.
Fighting late blight: what does it take to bring a resistant potato variety to market?
oktober 27, 2021
Seed breeders work closely with potato growers to develop desirable agronomic traits, and with the wider supply chain for those crucial characteristics such as dry matter distribution, sugar formation, and storability.
Waitrose Signs Up To the Robust Potato Pledge for Organic Potatoes
oktober 19, 2021
Waitrose and Partners is set to be the first major retailer to sign up to The UK Robust Potato Pledge, which will see the group move away from the use of copper-based fungicides on organic fresh potatoes in order to combat late blight Phytophthora.
ICA de Colombia advierte sobre presencia de enfermedad en cultivos de papa en el departamento de Nariño
oktober 18, 2021
El Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ICA) confirmó la presencia de fitoplasmas asociados a la enfermedad de Punta Morada de la Papa (PMP) en cultivos de papa en Nariño.
The Future of Food is Wild: The story behind the CIP-Matilde potato variety
oktober 14, 2021
Climate change is making it harder for farmers to grow enough food to feed their families. A new potato variety called CIP-Matilde, developed by the International Potato Center (CIP) with support from the Crop Trust.
World Potato Congress 2022 (WPC2022) Call for Abstracts
oktober 06, 2021
The call for abstract submission for WPC 2022 is now open and authors are encouraged to submit their abstract online for consideration. Deadline for Oral Submissions: 30th November 2021. Deadline for Poster Submission: 15th February 2022.
Breeding beetle-resistant potatoes
september 30, 2021
In a new study, published in Crop Science, researchers describe genetic tools to develop potato varieties with improved natural resistance to the Colorado potato beetle
Revolutionary RNA-based biopesticide technology delivers 98% mortality of Colorado potato beetle in independent test
september 30, 2021
Renaissance BioScience Corp., a leading global bioengineering company, is pleased to announce that an independent test of its environmentally safe, RNA-based biopesticide technology was conducted on Colorado potato beetle
