News on Potato Defects and Diseases from Costa Rica

February 02, 2016

Papa industrial estadounidense volvería a entrar a Costa Rica

El Ministerio de Agricultura anunció que la importación de papa para industria procedente de los Estados Unidos se podría reabrir proximamente debido a la aplicación de protocolos fitosanitarios para minimizar el riesgo de introducción de la plaga “Zebra chip”.

January 26, 2016

Costa Rica Announces Intention to Reopen Chipping Potato Market to US Chip Stock

Costa Rica's Servicio Fitosanitario del Estado (SFE) has informed USDA's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) that it will begin issuing import permits for US chipping potatoes beginning February 1, 2016.

January 16, 2012

Research into use of bioinsecticides for control of potato tuber moth in Costa Rica

Yannery Gómez Bonilla, a graduate in Biology from the University of Costa Rica, has done research for her PhD into the application of granulovirus against two species of potato tuber moth.