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TecnoPapa en Balcarce, Argentina, reunirá a productores de papa, empresas e instituciones de investigación para ensayos a campo, demostraciones tecnológicas e intercambio técnico.
August 12, 2026
Argentina: un nuevo evento promete reunir al sector productivo en torno a las tecnologías de vanguardia
TecnoPapa se perfila como un nuevo punto de encuentro para la cadena papera, con una propuesta práctica y a campo que busca acercar innovación, tecnología y conocimiento a productores y empresas.
Carlos Marfil, biólogo molecular, investigador de la Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Mendoza, que desarrolla un programa de mejoramiento de papas andinas.
May 05, 2025
Argentina: desarrollo de variedades nacionales
Investigadores y productores mendocinos colaboraron para el desarrollo de dos variedades perfectamente adaptadas paras las condiciones de la provincia.
January 22, 2025
América Latina: desarrollos en la prevención del Tizón Tardío
Un nuevo sistema ha mejorado la conciencia de los productores sobre las condiciones que favorecen la enfermedad, reduciendo el uso de fungicidas y promoviendo prácticas agrícolas sostenibles.
Variety of potatoes
November 22, 2023
Germicopa firma acuerdo exclusivo de representación en Argentina
La empresa francesa Germicopa acaba de firmar un contrato de representación exclusiva con Agroplant S.A para el desarrollo de sus variedades en Argentina.
América Latina: el futuro de la edición genética
November 14, 2023
América Latina: el futuro de la edición genética
Cieníficos argentinos están muy próximos a presentar la primer variedad de papa genéticamente modificada en todo América Latina.
Plantas de papa que resisten la sequía.
December 08, 2021
Investigadores argentinos desarrollan plantas de papa que resisten la sequía
Investigadores argentinos desarrollaron a través de modificaciones genéticas plantas de papa tolerantes a condiciones de sequía y con hasta 17% más de rendimiento que las de la variedad que actualmente se siembra en Argentina.
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Avanza un Ensayo de Papa Semilla en Altura en San Juan, Argentina
April 12, 2021
Avanza un Ensayo de Papa Semilla en Altura en San Juan, Argentina
Desde el INTA se están desarrollando una serie de ensayos para la producción de papa semilla. Los mismos se llevan a cabo en Jáchal, Iglesia, Calingasta y en Rama Caída en Mendoza.
Foto comparativa de los efectos de esta cepa de la bacteria estudiada por las investigadoras del Conicet.
March 29, 2021
Una bacteria para mejorar el rendimiento de la planta de papa
Investigadoras del CONICET describieron por primera vez la cepa de una bacteria que podría convertirse en un biofertilizante, en un estimulador del crecimiento vegetal y también en un biocontrolador amigable con el medio ambiente.
Situación actual de la producción de papa en Argentina. Campaña 2020
February 15, 2021
Situación actual de la producción de papa en Argentina. Campaña 2020
La Secretaría de Extensión de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias de la Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata -reunió a técnicos y productores del ámbito público y privado de las principales zonas productoras de papa del país.
La investigadora Ximena Silveyra del Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas en Mar del Plata, Argentina, lleva adelante el proyecto que estudia el efecto protector de neuronas de moléculas presentes en la papa.
October 05, 2020
Investigación: Antioxidantes en las patatas nativas para prevenir el Alzheimer
La investigadora Ximena Silveyra del Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas en Mar del Plata, Argentina, lleva adelante el proyecto que estudia el efecto protector de neuronas de moléculas presentes en la papa.
El INTA Balcarce siembra papas modificadas genéticamente que no se oxidan
February 11, 2020
INTA sows the first potatoes that do not oxidize
In a work published recently in Frontiers in Plant Science, scientists from Argentina and Sweden reported the results of the research that consisted in the edition of a polyphenol oxidase gene in potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.).
Marcelo Yanovsky, director del Laboratorio de Genómica Vegetal de la Fundación Instituto Leloir.
September 05, 2018
Identifican gen que aumentaría la productividad de la papa
Un estudio alemán apoya los resultados obtenidos por el Instituto Leloir de Argentina: los genes del reloj biológico de las plantas, que les permite adaptarse a los cambios de luz durante el día y las estaciones, podrían aumentar su rendimiento.
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Los investigadores del INTA Balcarce Leonardo Storani, Sergio Feingold, Matías González, Cecilia Décima Oneto y Gabriela Massa.
May 06, 2018
Modifican el gen que hace que la papa se ponga negra
El pelado y los daños mecánicos en la papa generan manchas pardas o negras. Con edición génica, investigadores del INTA de Argentina lograron modificar el gen de polifenol oxidasa, cuya enzima provoca la oxidación.
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Investigadores de la UBA y el Conicet, que lograron avances notables para mejorar el rendimiento del cultivo de papa.
April 29, 2018
Científicos mejoran rendimiento de las plantas de papa
Investigadores de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) y del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) lograron obtener una versión más robusta y con más tubérculos del cultivo.
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Empieza la Fiesta Provincial de la Papa en Otamendi
March 11, 2014
Empieza la Fiesta Provincial de la Papa en Otamendi
La 37° Fiesta Provincial de la Papa se viene realizando desde el 20 al 23 de marzo en la localidad de Comandante Nicanor Otamendi (provincia de Buenos Aires) y contará con muestra dinámica, maquinaria e insumos, encuentro de productores y conferencias técnicas.
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El mapa genético de la papa ya es una realidad
November 12, 2013
El mapa genético de la papa ya es una realidad
Un grupo internacional de investigadores de 14 países, que incluye a especialistas del INTA, integraron la secuencia del genoma con un mapa genético. Permitirá identificar los genes del rendimiento y de la calidad.
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Argentinian scientists develop GM potato resistant to PVY
July 28, 2013
Argentinian scientists develop GM potato resistant to PVY
A team of Argentinian scientists led by Fernando Bravo Almonacid, independent researcher of CONICET at the Institute for Research on Genetic Engineering and Molecular Biology (INGEBI, CONICET-UBA), developed potato plants resistant to Potato Virus Y (P...
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Argentina desarrolla una papa transgénica resistente a virus de la papa Y (PVY)
Científicos del Conicet lograron desarrollar una variedad de papa transgénica que resiste mejor los ataques del Virus de la Papa Y, patógeno que afecta a mas del 50% de los cultivos y reduce su productividad entre 20 y 80% en los casos más severos.
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