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Iden Biotechnology - a Spanish biotechnology company - and J.R. Simplot Company, a potato processor and developer and marketer of Innate® Potatoes, recently entered into an agreement to explore the potential for nutritional enrichment of the potato.
November 18, 2017
J.R. Simplot partners with Iden Biotechnology in a search for genes to enhance nutritional properties of the potato
Iden Biotechnology - a Spanish biotechnology company - and J.R. Simplot Company, a potato processor and developer and marketer of Innate® Potatoes, recently entered into an agreement to explore the potential for nutritional enrichment of the potato.
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Despite the fact that the bacteria responsible for zebra chip disease occur in the Mediterranean and cause damage in leek and onions, the risk for transfer to potatoes is low, because of the feeding preferences of the transmitting psyllids in this area.
May 03, 2017
Potatoes in the Mediterranean at low risk for infection by Zebra Chip disease
Despite the fact that the bacteria responsible for zebra chip disease occur in the Mediterranean and cause damage in leek and onions, the risk for transfer to potatoes is low, because of the feeding preferences of the transmitting psyllids in this area.
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España: Desplome de la comercialización de la papa en el mercado nacional
April 25, 2014
España: Desplome de la comercialización de la papa en el mercado nacional
Asociafruit, que aglutina al 80 por ciento de las empresas productoras y comercializadoras de papa en Andalucía, ha alertado este miércoles sobre la caída de su comercialización en el mercado nacional, lo que puede llevar al sector a un serio problema de supervivencia.
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Neiker-Tecnalia scientists warn of new resistant late blight variants
April 17, 2014
Neiker-Tecnalia scientists warn of new resistant late blight variants
Scientists at the Basque agricultural research Institute Neiker-Tecnalia have for the first time identified the existence in Álava-Araba of the two sexual types A1 and A2 of the fungus Phytophthora infestans and warn the crossing between both types could lead to the appearance of new, more aggressive strains resistant to routine phytosanitary teatments
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Neiker constata la presencia en España de dos tipos de reproducción A1 y A2 del hongo causante del tizón tardío de la papa
April 14, 2014
Neiker constata la presencia en España de dos tipos de reproducción A1 y A2 del hongo causante del tizón tardío de la papa
El cruzamiento entre ambos tipos producen variantes más resistentes a fungicidas convencionales y puede sobrevivir en condiciones adversas.
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España: Recomiendan a productores de papa suscribirse a contratos para garantizar un nivel mínimo de ingresos
March 23, 2014
España: Recomiendan a productores de papa suscribirse a contratos para garantizar un nivel mínimo de ingresos
La Consejería de Agricultura y Ganadería de Castilla y León ha publicado el octavo Boletín de la Papa en el que se recomienda a los agricultores que cultivan más de una hectárea y media de este tubérculo suscribir los contratos con los operadores comerciales para garantizarse un nivel mínimo de ingresos.
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Crean en España una red nacional de papa (o patata)
February 17, 2014
Crean en España una red nacional de papa (o patata)
El Instituto Vasco de Innovación Agraria NEIKER-Tecnalia acaba de inaugurar la Red Nacional de Innovación en Patata (Red Papata).
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Colorful and high in anti-oxidant potato clones with commercial potential developed by Neiker Tecnalia
April 24, 2013
Colorful and high in anti-oxidant potato clones with commercial potential developed by Neiker Tecnalia
The Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development, Neiker-Tecnalia, has created four new potato clones which are characterised by their high antioxidant content, their good production both in size and number of tubers, as well as by their ...
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February 15, 2013
Proyecto regional desarrolla variedades de papa tolerantes al cambio climático
Un consorcio de ocho instituciones de Latinoamérica y España trabaja desde el 2010 para desarrollar variedades de papa adaptables a condiciones ambientales desfavorables y preparar metodologías y herramientas que aceleren el proceso.
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Un trabajo sobre la papa en el País Vasco recibe el Premio Félix Mocoroa
December 14, 2012
Un trabajo sobre la papa en el País Vasco recibe el Premio Félix Mocoroa
Un trabajo sobre los primeros pasos en el cultivo y la implantación de la patata en el País Vasco, realizado por David Palanca, ha recibido hoy el XIX Premio Félix Mocoroa de investigación gastronómica.
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Research on sprout inhibitors: Essential oils could be a good alternative to CIPC
October 08, 2012
Research on sprout inhibitors: Essential oils could be a good alternative to CIPC
At the Public University of Navarra, David Gómez Castillo carried out research for his PhD on the possibility of substituting the current use of CIPC in potato storage by treating the tuber with essential oils of mint, caraway, coriander, eucalyptus an...
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Research on sprout inhibitors: Essential oils could be a good alternative to CIPC
October 03, 2012
El uso de aceites esenciales como antigerminantes en almacenamiento de papa puede ser una buena alternativa a los tratamientos químicos
Uno de los momentos críticos para la calidad final de la patata se produce durante su almacenamiento, ya que existe riesgo de brotación y pudrición por agentes patógenos como bacterias y hongos. Para evitarlo, David Gómez Castillo, ingeniero agrónomo, ...
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