马铃薯品种 来自欧洲

The skin is light brown, the meat luscious and yellow: from the outside alone, this new potato looks like any other. But on the inside, it is different. Its cells produce pure amylopectin, a starch used in the paper, textile and food industries. The ne...

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is today publishing findings of a qualitative research project commissioned to explore public attitudes to genetic modification (GM). This report is timely and will be considered by the independent steering group that ha...

The new German government has endorsed the growing of genetically modified Amflora starch potatoes in its policy on the use of plant biotechonology. A report on the website, www.gmo-safety.eu, says the new coalition government will promote a policy of ...

Het FOD (Federale Overheidsdienst) economie heeft onverwacht een oogstprognose voor 2009 bekendgemaakt. Het door het Vlaams Ministerie van Landbouw gepubliceerde oogstcijfer komt uit op 3,33 miljoen ton, 13,5% meer dan in oogstjaar 2008 toen het defini...

Agrico Research heeft de gedeeltelijke nieuwbouw van het research centrum aan de Burchtweg in Bant feestelijk geopend. De uitbreiding geeft het kweek- en researchbedrijf van aardappelcoöperatie Agrico de ruimte om blijvend in te kunnen spelen op de wer...

Prospects for growing blight-resistant potatoes created by genetic modification have received a setback in the UK after BASF's decision to suspend research into such varieties.BASF's blight-resistant potato Fortuna was five to six years away from comme...

Als gevolg van extra deelname door aardappeltelers én de gunstige oogstresultaten, groeide de aardappelpool van Aviko Potato afgelopen seizoen 30% in omvang. De gemiddelde opbrengst bedroeg 55 ton netto aardappelen per hectare. De markt was het hele ja...

German chemical maker BASF (BASF.DE) said on Thursday its genetically modified potato, Amflora, designed to yield industrial starch, has again been described as safe for humans in a recommendation by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). "T...

In France, on the Island of Noirmoutier, they figured it out: they created a niche market for a specifically grown premier potato so exclusive that the potato ended up on this obscure list of the most expensive foods in the world: Voila, La Bonnotte.

Greenvale AP’s environmentally friendly Vales Sovereign potatoes, which have a lower carbon footprint than traditional varieties, are now available to the catering sector via wholesalers. Vales Sovereigns are ideal for caterers seeking to lower their...

A new variety of Danish potato, the 'Royal', will be used to make French fries worldwide after being picked up by a Canadian company. The Agriculture Potato Association (LKF) developed the new variety.

De phytophthoraresistente consumptieaardappel Toluca van handelshuis Agrico komt een dezer dagen op de Europese rassenlijst. Dat betekent dat het ras mag worden verhandeld. Agrico zet het ras in de schijnwerpers op haar rassententoonstelling die van...