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Europatat welcomes the EU’s adoption of the New Genomic Techniques (NGT) Regulation, a landmark decision expected to accelerate potato breeding innovation, strengthen crop resilience, enhance food security, and support the long-term sustainability of European agriculture.
June 22, 2026
Europatat Welcomes EU NGT Regulation, Opening New Opportunities for Potato Innovation
Europatat welcomes the EU’s adoption of the NGT Regulation, opening new opportunities for innovative potato varieties with improved disease resistance, climate adaptability, and processing traits, while boosting breeding research and investment.
Wageningen University & Research initiates new field trials to evaluate genetically modified potatoes with enhanced disease resistance and reduced pesticide needs
April 21, 2026
Wageningen University and Research Launches New Field Trials for Genetically Modified Potatoes
Wageningen University & Research starts new field trials with genetically modified potatoes. The potatoes tested in these field trials have been genetically modified by adding or switching off multiple genes.
BRS F21 potato plants in the field as part of Embrapa’s processing-oriented breeding program.
April 14, 2026
New field trials mark the next step for genetically modified potatoes in Europe
New trials in Europe will evaluate genetically modified potatoes with enhanced resistance to diseases such as late blight, aiming to reduce pesticide use and provide evidence for the regulatory debate on new genomic techniques.
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January 21, 2026
EEUU: nueva variedad GMO aprobada por el gobierno
En Estados Unidos, la FDA avaló la papa Russet Burbank II de J. R. Simplot, una variedad GMO desarrollada con resistencia natural al *Phytophthora infestans*, al considerarla tan segura como las convencionales y capaz de reducir pesticidas y mejorar el almacenamiento.
StTST2–SUT2 regulatory module in potato. Confocal and protein interaction analyses show StTST2 on the vacuolar membrane interacting with SUT2, enhancing sugar transport from leaves to tubers, boosting photosynthesis and yield, and highlighting its key role in sugar accumulation and tuber productivity.
January 10, 2026
Haplotype-Resolved Potato Genome Reveals Key Gene Driving Sugar Accumulation and Yield
Scientists decoded a haplotype-resolved potato genome and GWAS of 141 accessions, identifying StTST2, a tonoplast sugar transporter. StTST2 boosts photosynthesis, sugar accumulation, source–sink transport, and tuber yield via interaction with SUT2.
Mariette Andersson (left) of SolEdits and Kalle Johansson (right) of Lyckeby examine CRISPR-edited potato plants developed to produce storage-stable starch and reduce the need for chemical modification.
November 17, 2025
SolEdits and Lyckeby ready to Launch CRISPR-Edited Potatoes to Deliver Chemical-Free, Storage-Stable Starch
SolEdits and Lyckeby have developed CRISPR-edited potatoes with storage-stable starch, removing the need for chemical modification. Once allowed in the EU, this innovation can save 5,000 tonnes of chemicals yearly in Sweden and up to 75,000 across the EU.
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Project Oppotunity CRISPR-Cas field trials for late blight resistant starch potatoes in Sweden and Denmark, 2025.
October 21, 2025
Oppotunity conducts NGT Field Trials and Potato Seed Multiplication of starch potatoes with improved late blight resistance
Project Oppotunity completed the first CRISPR-Cas field trials of starch potatoes bred for late blight resistance, with test plots in Sweden and Denmark. Early results indicate stronger disease resistance and a very promising path to resilient crops.
PoLoPo potato harvest
July 28, 2025
PoLoPo Shifts Focus to Snack Industry with High-Protein Potato Chips, Targeting Clean-Label and Scalable Growth
PoLoPo, a B2B deeptech firm, is shifting focus to the snack industry. It's patented potato offers up to three more protein than regular tubers, enabling high-protein chips with great taste and texture for brands and food manufacturers.
The PoLoPo team celebrates a groundbreaking achievement as they successfully scale molecular farming, becoming the first to grow and process protein-rich potatoes at an industrial level.
March 24, 2025
PoLoPo Successfully Scales Functional Protein Production in Potatoes to Outdoor Field Cultivation
PoLoPo, a molecular farming pioneer has announced it has increased its capacity to produce samples for food industry partners with new, larger-scale lab equipment following its first successful outdoor field cultivation of protein-packed potatoes.
Athanase Nduwumuremyi, Senior Research Fellow and Roots and Tubers Program Coordinator at RAB, during a tour at a greenhouse in Karago Sector, Nyabihu Distric
March 17, 2025
Trials for GMO potato varieties underway in Rwanda
The Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resource Development Board (RAB) is conducting trials on new potato varieties that require no fungicide spraying
Adam Jozwiak, UCR molecular biochemist, Lead study author
February 23, 2025
Researchers identify biosynthetic pathway of GlycoAlkaloid formation in potato
Scientists have discovered a way to remove toxic compounds from potatoes, making them safer to eat and easier to store. The breakthrough could cut food waste and enhance crop farming in space and other extreme environments.
PoLoPo Scales to Field Cultivation of Protein-Producing Potato Plants
January 02, 2025
PoLoPo Scales to Field Cultivation of Protein-Producing Potato Plants
PoLoPo, a molecular farming pioneer, has announced it has moved beyond greenhouse scale and begun planting its genetically modified potatoes in fields, the first wide cultivation of plants derived from PoLoPo’s proprietary metabolic engineering techniques.
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