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Physiological ageing of Markies potato seed can deliver benefits in terms of crop development, yield, quality and storage potential in the north of England. That was the message from McCain commercial agronomist Rob Blades to potato growers attending ...

Leaders of two potato organizations have advised growers their best options for any unclaimed spuds this season may be to sell them as cattle feed or to leave them in the field for the fertilizer value. Dan Hargraves, who represents processed growers ...

En 2011, la Comisión de Recursos Genéticos para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (la Comisión) destacó la necesidad de prestar mayor atención a aquellos cultivos que son esenciales para la seguridad alimentaria y manejo en las fincas de los recursos fi...

Boletín técnico elaborado por el proyecto "Evaluación del impacto de las variaciones climáticas en el manejo de la enfermedad tizón tardío de la papa en zonas endémicas altoandinas del departamento de Cochabamba". El equipo investigadores est...

Researchers led by Professor Bruce Fitt, now at the University of Hertfordshire, have used modern DNA techniques on late nineteenth-century potatoes to show how the potato blight may have survived between cropping seasons after the Irish potato famine ...

The Idaho potato industry is forming a task force to trace the origin of a ring rot flare-up that's affected roughly 20 farms, mostly in the Magic Valley area. University of Idaho Extension seed potato pathologist Phil Nolte, who will likely head the ...

The North-western European Potato Growers (NEPG) estimate the potato yield in the participating countries (Belgium, Germany, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom) will be 22.99 million tonnes. This is down 14.5% compared to last season.

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...

La presidenta del Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica (Concytec), Dra. Gisella Orjeda Fernández, presentó el trabajo titulado Secuenciamiento del Genoma de la Papa y Análisis del Transcriptoma de Papas Nativas bajo Estrés H...

A "perfect storm"of misery is hitting the potato sector as lifting slips further behind and prices fail to offset poor yields and quality and rising production costs. Crop clearance is more than three weeks behind schedule, with just 24,000h...

In Norway potato yields for 2012 are expected to be lower. The predictions are based on the potato yields from 90 different fields in the 7 most important potato districts in Norway and include a range of varieties. The potato yield predictions for 20...

La salud del corazón de millones de europeos aún se encuentra en riesgo debido al alto contenido de ácidos grasos trans de algunos alimentos rápidos y procesados. Aunque los niveles globales han disminuido, pocos países tienen una limitación legal en l...

Sustainable potato production across the EU could be under threat from potato cyst nematodes (PCN) and free living nematodes (FLN) without a comprehensive review of sampling and management options.

Mike Madsen has been elected as the newest commissioner for the Washington State Potato Commission (WSPC). The election took place during the WSPC’s quarterly meeting on September 6, 2012. Mike will fill the WSPC’s vacant at-large position and begi...

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...

Acaba de ser publicado el Vol. 17, No. 1 de la revista de la Asociación Latinoamericana de la Papa (ALAP). Puede consultarse en http://papaslatinas.org/volumen_17-1.html A continuación su contenido: Artículo invitado Innovación para el Desarrollo: ...

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...

Just before the farming season, to begin immediately after Monsoon, potato farmers in West Bengal are now exposed to a critical scenario of seed potato. West Bengal contributes around 32% to India's total potato yield. "Officially, WB State Seed C...