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九月 20, 2012
Potato wart confirmed on Prince Edward Island
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed the presence of potato wart in two fields on separate farms in PEI. Potato wart poses no threat to human health or food safety. However, it is a quarantine pest that is regulated in Canada becau...From the archive

九月 16, 2012
Australia’s growers praise Senate Inquiry into importation of New Zealand potatoes
A Senate Inquiry into the importation of fresh potatoes from New Zealand has been praised by the Australian horticulture industry. Last week, Senators Colbeck, Xenophon, Nash, Madigan and McKenzie moved that the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transpor...From the archive

九月 14, 2012
Confirman siete focos de nematodo dorado en Chile
El Director Regional del Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero, SAG Región de Los Lagos, Alfredo Fröhlich, comunicó que, a la fecha, están confirmados siete potreros infestados con el nematodo dorado (Globodera rostochiensis), plaga cuarentenaria, que afecta el...From the archive
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九月 03, 2012
Increase in greenhouse gas positive for potato yield
The increase in the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere can have a positive influence on the potato yield. This is according to Anton Haverkort of Plant Research International, part of Wageningen UR, on 22 August during the bi-annual Potato Demo Day at Westmaas.From the archive

九月 03, 2012
University of Wisconsin scientists probe, attack late blight in potatoes
As the annual potato harvest begins, Wisconsin farmers continue to check their fields for late blight, the ferocious plant disease that caused the 1848 Irish potato famine and fueled massive emigration from Ireland.From the archive

八月 30, 2012
Using Pathogen Detection Test Kits for Rapid Potato Disease Diagnosis
The latest Focus on Potato Webcast from the Plant Management Network is available and addresses the use of Pathogen Detection Test Kits for Rapid Potato Disease Diagnosis: Using Pathogen Detection Test Kits for Rapid Potato Disease DiagnosisFrom the archive

八月 29, 2012
Legal challenge refused over first genetically modified potatoes in Ireland
A group of campaigners in the Irish Republic has been refused a legal challenge over the first trial of a genetically modified potato crop. In July, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gave the go ahead for a gm blight-resistant potato crop to be tested in County Carlow.From the archive

八月 28, 2012
Potato debate continues in Australia as Korea suspends US potato imports
The public debate between AUSVEG and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) in Australia continues, with AUSVEG querying DAFF’s decision to go ahead with plans in light of South Korea’s decision to suspend imports of US potatoes due to concerns over zebra chip disease.From the archive

八月 23, 2012
US potato industry working to reverse ban on domestic exports to South Korea
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal &Plant Health Inspection Service is working to provide data to officials in South Korea that it hopes will result in a reversal of a decision to ban potato exports from Oregon, Washington and Idaho.From the archive

八月 20, 2012
British growers advised to take care with pulverisation amid high blackleg risk
With bacterial disease blackleg posing a threat to Scottish seed potato crops for a second consecutive season, there was advice at Potatoes in Practice on managing the risk of spread during haulm destruction.From the archive



