Harper Adams University is due to host its fifth Symposium of Potato Cyst Nematode (PCN) Management in September with speakers and attendees from across the globe. The event, which is held every […]
During a week of almost back-to-back Hutton periods, Scottish Agronomy has found a wave of active blight foci in Scottish crops. Conditions were blight conducive throughout Scotland’s potato growing areas for the […]
The tatties are small, knobbly and tasteless but a rare breed of potato has been revealed as a super-spud. Scientists hope the Solanum x edinense – or Edinburgh potato – can help […]
Scientists have discovered wild potatoes may be the ‘cure’ in producing disease resistant spuds. New research has suggested limited genetic differences in potato lineages has left British and American spuds vulnerable to […]
Miller Research plans a potato pest-management field day and tour Aug. 15 at its lab near Rupert, Idaho, according to a report by Capital Press. The free annual event is set from […]
High numbers of late blight spores have been found in two spore traps placed near Delhi in Ontario in eastern Canada, triggering an alert for growers to make sure that their crop, […]
Helping to safeguard the US Northwest’s valuable potato crop from emerging threats, two scientists at Washington State University (WSU) launched new research into better plant defenses based on genes and vaccines.
Capital Press reports that psyllids carrying the virus that causes Zebra chip disease turned up in some southern Idaho potato fields in mid-July. Totals so far don’t represent a major threat but […]
A federal judge on [July 15] slashed a damages award Bayer AG owed a California man who blamed Roundup weed killer for his cancer, to $25.27 million from $80.27 million, while rejecting […]
A large team of researchers at several institutions in Slovenia and the Czech Republic recently completed a study related to the potato virus Y coat protein. The researchers say that Potato virus […]
Matthew Weaver of Capital Press reports that potato late blight has been found in one field north of Pasco, Wash., industry researchers say. Blight on the leaves cause lesions that kill parts […]
AuSPICA is the authority that provides certification of seed potatoes throughout Victoria, South Australia and Northern NSW (Guyra). In a recent report, the organization says new symptoms of the disease blackleg were […]
IRELAND is in for a rainy Wednesday morning with heavy showers forecast across the country – but sunnier spells are on the way. Despite the day getting off to a wet start, […]
In Idaho, potatoes have long been the staple crop of our agricultural sector and economy. We are responsible for about 30 percent of the country’s total potato production. That production goes a […]
As heat and drought continue across the province, irrigation has been the order of the day, according to a message sent by Dr Eugenia Banks, potato specialist in this province of Canada. […]
The oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans causes potato and tomato late blight, a disease that is a serious threat to agriculture. P. infestans is a hemibiotrophic pathogen, and during infection, it scavenges nutrients from living host cells for […]
Researchers have developed a new technique that uses microneedle patches to collect DNA from plant tissues in one minute, rather than the hours needed for conventional techniques. DNA extraction is the first […]
