Targeted treatment of the most mollusc-riddled parts of a field has taken a step closer, thanks to an innovative research programme that tags and tracks grey field slug populations. AHDB-funded PhD student […]
Targeted treatment tactics for slugs
Pictorial: CIP and Peru join forces to honour potatoes at Beijing horticultural expo event
The “International Potato Center and Peru Joint Honorary Day” theme event was held today as part of the Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition in Yanqing District in Beijing, the capital of China. Xinhuanet […]
The Roundup issue: Global regulatory and health research agencies on whether glyphosate causes cancer
Does glyphosate—the world’s most heavily-used herbicide—pose serious harm to humans? Is it carcinogenic? Those issues are of both legal and scientific debate. In this infographic article by Kayleen Schreiber and published by […]
Flame weeding offers non-chemical alternative for stale seed-bed
Farmers Weekly reports that a well-known vegetable grower in the south-west of England regularly uses a flame weeding machine to achieve a stale seed-bed before drilling expensive organic crops. Riverford Organic Farmers’ […]
Company optimistic that potatoes can become a ‘signature’ crop for Hawaii’s Maui island
Mahi Pono LLC, the partnership that bought 41,000 acres of mostly fallow Central Maui farmland last year after Alexander & Baldwin Inc. quit growing sugar cane there in 2016 after 146 years, […]
Event: British potato growers to look at chemical and mechanical alternatives for diquat
During the coming AHDB hosted Strategic Farm North Desiccation Day in North Lincolnshire, potato growers will look at the effects of a number of alternative ag chemicals and mechanical options following the […]
African Potato Association Conference: View photos and videos online
The 11th Triennial African Potato Association Conference took place the past week (Aug 25 – 29) in Kigali, Rwanda. The agenda and program of presentations can be found here. The APA has […]
John Innes Centre looking for researcher to develop long-term programs in plant and microbial science
The John Innes Centre is looking for creative early-career or established researchers who wish to develop exciting long-term independent programs in plant and microbial science and be part of the highly collaborative […]
Big Idaho Potato Truck rolls on; high-quality crop expected
According to a report by The Packer, the Big Idaho Potato Truck will be back for another year of rolling promotions for what is expected to be a high-quality potato crop, Idaho Potato Commission president and […]
Climate change is likely to devastate the global food supply. But there’s still reason to be hopeful
The most troubling paradox of the 21st century may be that human population is expected to climb to 9.7 billion by midcentury — yet the global food supply is predicted to plummet, writes Amanda […]
A breeding revolution is underway which could unleash the potential of the potato
People have grown potatoes in the Sacred Valley of the Incas in Peru – a rugged stretch of the Andes – for thousands of years, writes Erik Stokstad in an article published […]
McCain Foods to invest $12 million in Canadian processing facility
McCain Foods Canada, a division of McCain Foods Limited, announced the past week that it plans to further invest $12 million dollars in its potato processing facility located in the town of […]
Potato Europe 2019: Dewulf to present new options for RA3060, Kwatro and MH series
Dewulf, full-liner in machines for the cultivation of potatoes and root crops, will place particular focus on haulm processing, sieving capacity and roller cleaning during Potato Europe 2019 next week in Belgium. […]
Prince Edward Island potato growers look to new varieties to help with climate change
According to a report by Nancy Russell of CBC News, researchers are working on new varieties of potatoes that they hope will help growers on Canada’s Prince Edward Island cope with the effects […]
French company Select’Up joins Europatat
In a press release issued earlier today, Europatat says it warmly welcomes the French company Select’Up. Select’Up specialises in the growing, importing and exporting of potatoes, and joined Europatat this year. Select’Up was established […]
German company says it holds the solution to potato greening
The toxins solanin and chaconin are responsible for the “greening” of potato tubers. This makes the tubers not only unsightly and unsuitable for the trade, but inedible as well, because the glycoalkaloids […]
Reduction of available pesticides in the spotlight when potato specialists gather for EAPR meeting
The European Association for Potato Research (EAPR) Pathology and Pests Section Meeting 2019 will take place next week the 2nd to the 5th of September 2019 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. The EAPR says […]
