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Authorities Greenlight Calyxt GMO Potato Variety

 Calyxt, Inc., a Minnesota-based company, announced that it has completed the first field trials of its cold-storable potato in Mi...

Cornell University Receives State Grant to Fight against Golden Nematode

 Cornell University received a USD1.2m boost in new state funding to fight against the most destructive potato pest: the golden ne...

Record Charity Auction for New Season Baby Potatoes

  Attendance at the Annual Potato Industry Dinner at the National Wine Centre of Australia, Adelaide on Friday, October 14, exceed...

Blackleg and Brexit Highlighted at AHDB Industry Event

  AHDB Potatoes will use this year’s Seed Industry Event, November 3, to review the industry’s current approach to controlling bla...

Lebanon Bans Potato Imports

Agriculture Minister Akram Chehayeb has announced a decision that would block companies from importing certain produce without pri...

Purple Magic Potato Running for the Invent Awards

  Purple Magic potato variety is now in the running for the INVENT Awards Agri-Science category. Paul Watts, a scientist from the...

Land-Grant Universities Bolster the US Potato Genebank’s Impact

 Land-grant universities are collaborating to support the United States Potato Genebank in its endeavors to conduct potato researc...

Ireland: Potato Plantings Increase 2.8% after Record Low Area in 2015

 The area of potatoes planted in Ireland is up 2.8% year-on-year, from 8,500ha to 8,800ha, the latest figures (for June 2016) from...

New Variety of Innate Potato Approved

  The J.R. Simplot Company has completed a voluntary consultation with the FDA on their first generation of Innate Snowden variety...

The Use of Nicotine-based Pesticides Limited in Minnesota

  Seeking to reverse a decline in bees and other pollinators, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton issued an executive order recently, t...

Greenpeace Issues Blacklist for Pesticides in EU

 Greenpeace Germany has recently published a new version of its catalogue named “The EU Pesticide Blacklist”, which compiles all t...

Costs of Developing GM Potatoes Comparable to Conventional Varieties

  The cost of developing GM potato varieties is in fact not a great deal more than for conventionally-bred varieties, according to...

Scientists to Test Potatoes Grown in Mars and Moon Soils

 Scientists of Wageningen University and Research (The Netherlands) are working on growing crops on Mars and moon soil simulants a...

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