News on Potato Defects and Diseases

The slogan of this year`s Europatat Conference - focused on plant health and trade - is 'Making the European Potato Trade great again! (it’s gonna be huge, it’s gonna be great, it’s true!)'
April 20, 2017
Europatat Congress 2017 confirms new high level speakers!
The organizers of the Europatat 2017 Congress in Antwerp from 15 to 17 June announce the addition of a number of high level speakers to the programme
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The National Potato Council (NPC) has sent a letter to President Trump with suggestions how the NAFTA agreement can be improved to benefit the potato trade.
April 17, 2017
US Potato Growers offer Trump suggestions to improve NAFTA
The National Potato Council (NPC) has sent a letter to President Trump with suggestions how the NAFTA agreement can be improved to benefit the potato trade.
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Vincent Coolbergen, manager at Royal Wilhelmina Polder Company (KMWP) was pleasantly surprised with the yield of the first large plot: “I could barely believe my eyes when I saw the yield level of the first batches last year.”
April 17, 2017
First large-scale Solynta Hybrid seed potato trials highly successful
Potato breeder Solynta started a potato revolution nearly ten years ago: to develop and apply new breeding technologies to convert potatoes into a hybrid crop. A 'large' trial of the first experimental hybrids took place last season.
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Red Potatoes affected by Powdery Scab.
April 11, 2017
New Webcast helps Potato Growers avoid devastating Powdery Scab Outbreaks
Powdery scab is a potato disease that is difficult to manage and under certain environmental conditions powdery scab can be potentially devastating to susceptible potato varieties.
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In potato plants with milder symptoms of Dickeya, leaves are curled. (Courtesy: Amy O. Charkowski)
April 11, 2017
Guarding against Dickeya: testing your seed potatoes
With clean seed potatoes recognized as the best defense against this new blackleg-causing pathogen, the demand for Dickeya testing is growing fast.
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La ministra de Agricultura y Pesca, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente, Isabel García Tejerina.
April 05, 2017
España: El Gobierno trabaja para que la papa canaria reingrese en la UE
La ministra de Agricultura y Pesca, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente, Isabel García Tejerina, ha asegurado que espera concluir las negociaciones con la Unión Europea para que esta acepte el protocolo desarrollado en Canarias para la eliminación de la polilla guatemalteca y permita de nuevo la exportación de la patata canaria fuera de las islas, incluido el resto del territorio nacional.
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April 04, 2017
Descartan que la bacteria Candidatus Liberibacter ataque a la papa española
Un estudio realizado por investigadores del Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) descarta que la enfermedad causada por la bacteria "Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum" (Lso) -que ya ha producido "importantes pérdidas económicas" en zanahoria y apio- pueda afectar a la papa.
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Dr. Ada Szczepaniec discusses her greenhouse study on potato psyllid resistance to neonicotinoid insecticides.
April 02, 2017
Neonicotinoid insecticides losing efficiency in potato psyllid control
The potato industry may be losing a mainstay in the battle against psyllids, according to a recent Texas A&M AgriLife Research study.
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Gary Secor, consultor internacional y reconocido experto en el cultivo de la papa.
March 28, 2017
Experto internacional en sanidad de papas entrega su visión sobre el cultivo en Chile
Gary Secor, consultor internacional y reconocido experto en el cultivo de la papa, se presentó recientemente en el marco del PDT Papas apoyado por CORFO en la Región de Los Lagos, y ejecutado por el Consorcio Papa Chile.
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Approval of three second generation Innate potato varieties by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration means Simplot is free to plant the potatoes this spring and sell them in the fall (Courtesy: Simplot).
March 20, 2017
US government approved 3 more Simplot GMO potato types for cultivation and sale
The US federal government has given the final OK to three more types of potatoes genetically engineered by Boise’s J.R. Simplot Co. to resist Phytophthora - the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine.
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Detectan en Chile nuevos focos de nemátodos en cultivos de papas
March 17, 2017
Detectan en Chile nuevos focos de nemátodos en cultivos de papas
Durante acciones de vigilancia sanitaria agrícola de rutina, el Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero – SAG – detectó nuevos focos de NEMÁTODOS en siembras de papas ubicadas en la Península de Rilán, comuna de Castro.
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Thanks to resistant potato varieties, Late Blight is no longer a serious threat to the highland farmers in Lushoto, Tanzania (Courtesy: D. Harahagazwe CIP)
March 17, 2017
Farmers in Tanzania benefit from more resilient potato varieties
Situated in the Northeast of Tanzania, the district of Lushoto is part of the so called highlands of Tanzania where potatoes are traditionally grown. Due to heat and lack of resilient potato varieties, farmers would often lose all the crop.
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The Lincoln University Future Farming Centre head Charles Merfield, centre, among plots of mesh-covered potatoes. Using the mesh could be a way of stopping the psyllids, he says.
March 15, 2017
Mesh cover highly effective at keeping pests off potatoes, Lincoln University researchers find
In New Zealand, a team of Lincoln University researchers is impressed with the results from a trial of a mesh cover that is used to protect potato crops from insect pests.
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Manchas necróticas de color marrón oscuras en el haz de las hojas (Foto: W. Pérez)
March 05, 2017
Como prevenir, controlar y eliminar el tizón tardío de la papa
Agronoticias entrevista al Ing. Agr. M.Sc. Willmer Pérez Barrera, investigador senior en manejo integrado de plagas del Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP).
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7 municipios españoles deberán destruir los cultivos de papa atacados por la polilla guatemalteca
March 03, 2017
7 municipios españoles deberán destruir los cultivos de papa atacados por la polilla guatemalteca
El Consejo de Ministros ha aprobado el Real Decreto, que tendrá una duración de cinco años, para controlar y erradicar la plaga.
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INIA Chile crea moderno sistema para detectar plagas y enfermedades online
March 01, 2017
INIA Chile crea moderno sistema para detectar plagas y enfermedades online
Profesionales del área de transferencia tecnológica de INIA La Platina desarrollaron una plataforma web de asesoría experta que ofrece al asesor técnico un apoyo en la identificación y posterior control de enfermedades y plagas.
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Francia aprovecha la plaga de la polilla guatemalteca y logra un récord en exportación de papa
March 01, 2017
Francia aprovecha la plaga de la polilla guatemalteca y logra un récord en exportación de papa
Supermercados gallegos colocan más producto galo, pero envasado en la comunidad
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Reunión de los técnicos con los agricultores que participan en el estudio para controlar la plaga./ EL DÍA
March 01, 2017
España: Utilizan una avispa para tratar de controlar la polilla guatemalteca
Treinta agricultores de Icod el Alto continúan colaborando en 2017 con un estudio piloto contra la plaga, que se inició hace tres años.
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