For the first time, we can take a molecular-level look at one of the world’s deadliest crop killers. The Luteoviridae are pathogenic plant viruses responsible for major crop losses worldwide. Transmitted by […]
New research has found a widely used and increasingly controversial insecticide has “negligible” benefits for commercially grown soybeans. Pesticide makers and farmers disagree. The insecticide, called neonicotinoid, has come under fire in […]
Researchers in the WARF Accelerator program are using advanced imaging technology to detect late blight in potatoes, which famously led to the Irish potato famine in the mid-nineteenth century. In a recent […]
Seed potato growers attending the recent biannual Potatoes South Africa Seed Potato Growers’ Forum in Cape Town were warned about the potentially devastating effect that resistant black dot disease could have on […]
Bayer’s top exec on pesticides suggested the agrichemical giant would consider legal action if the EU decides to ban the world’s most-used herbicide glyphosate in late 2022. Asked whether Bayer would seek […]
Its harvest time for many potato growers. Those not quite at that point will be harvesting before long. And while many growers are thinking about getting those spuds in a storage shed, […]
A University of Maine Cooperative Extension crop specialist has been informing the state’s potato growers that they might need to reduce use of a widely used anti-blight pesticide. According to an Associated […]
The fight to wipe out a potato disease from New Zealand has been lost, according to a report published by Rural News in that country. Biosecurity NZ and Potatoes NZ have reportedly […]
Globodera pallida is a major nematode pest of potato and is of great economic importance for the potato industry. Assessing potato yield loss caused by the Idaho G. pallida population under field conditions was not […]
The future of copper for dealing with blight on potatoes in Britain is uncertain. In 2019 there was no authorisation for its use. During an Organic Potato Workshop, organized by the Soil […]
Dr Alison Lees, a research leader for AHDB-funded research into late blight at the James Hutton Institute in Dundee speaks to Heather Briggs about this year’s Fight Against Blight. “We have currently […]
The German government aims to phase out herbicides containing glyphosate by the end of 2023, a move that could generate further headwinds for German drug and chemical giant Bayer AG. As part […]
An Idaho potato farmer believes he can cut back on his use of fumigation by raising two specific commercial crops — oriental mustard and a promising new spud variety called Clearwater Russet. […]
In her emailed newsletter distributed earlier today, Dr Eugenia Banks, potato specialist at the Ontario Potato Board in Canada, addresses a skin disorder/defect found in some Ontario potato fields this season. It […]
The much feared Tomato Potato Psyllid first appeared in West Australia several years ago with potential to spread to the east coast. The psyllid caused massive problems to the New Zealand potato […]
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 […]
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 […]
