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十月 11, 2012
South Korea lifts ban on Pacific Northwest grown potatoes
South Korea has lifted a ban against Pacific Northwest-grown potatoes used for things like potato chips, but a ban on other fresh potatoes still remains because of a fear over a bacterium known as zebra chip, state officials announced Wednesday during ...From the archive

九月 23, 2012
El tizón tardio de la papa causado por Phytophtora infestans, en Bolivia
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...From the archive

九月 21, 2012
Idaho Potato Industry task force to probe origin of ring rot in Idaho potatoes
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 ...From the archive

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 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

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
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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 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 16, 2012
University of Idaho receives grant to study zebra chip disease
The federal government is providing $109,000 for the University of Idaho to study an emerging plant disease the school says “poses a substantial threat to the state’s potato industry.” The money will be used to monitor potato fields for the presence o...From the archive

八月 09, 2012
Canadian government invests in potato research
Canadian Potato producers received a boost from the federal Government, as Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Member of Parliament Mike Allen (Tobique–Mactaquac) attended the Centennial celebrations at the Potato Research Centre in Fredericton, NB.From the archive

七月 06, 2012
Detectaron en Chile un foco del nemátodo dorado (Globodera rostochiensis), plaga que afecta al cultivo de la papa
El Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero, SAG Región de Los Lagos, detectó en la provincia de Llanquihue un foco del nemátodo dorado (Globodera rostochiensis), plaga cuarentenaria que afecta el cultivo de papas. “Durante acciones de vigilancia sanitaria de rut...From the archive




