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Hail damage varies from holes through leaves and impactlesions on stems to partial defoliation or vine kill. Whitish-grey spots on stems and petioles occurat the points of impact. Severe hail damage breaks the stems. Hail often tears…
The year 2022 has been marked by an unprecedented summer weather shock (heat extremes and drought), which has had a very strong impact on the French spud production in all the main production areas, despite a slight…
Holes caused by strong winds.
Across Europe, the potato demand for the holiday period improved, according to the latest Irish Farmers’ Association report. The document reveals that the potato export demand was reported to be reduced during the run-up to the holiday…
The Ecuadorian growers hope to maintain the native potato cultivars yana shungo (black heart) and puca shungo (red heart) through chip production. These cultivars have been grown for years in places like Pllaro and Quero, as well…
On January 5, 2023, during the Q2, 2023, earnings call between analysts and top management from Lamb Weston, the company’s CEO, Tom Werner, stated that the decision-makers had secured the targeted number of acres to be planted…
Some varieties develop extremely long stolons during warm, dry seasons. This plant of the variety Snowden has stolons about 0.6 m long. Leaves developing from an elongated stolon.
Dr. Arindam Ghatak from the University of Vienna has carried out high-throughput proteomics profiling of the Desiree potato variety to obtain an unbiased comprehensive picture of the alterations in the potato proteome (the sum of all proteins…
Spud growers are invited to join a new association that was established to promote the Scottish seed potato industry in light of the country’s continued exclusion from the EU market. Founded as a cooperative last year, the…
Sprout coiling has been associated with physiologically old seed, low soil temperatures, soil compaction and exposure of emerging sprouts to some herbicides.
A research team led by the University of Idaho (U of I) has been given a USD6.8m USDA grant to create novel diagnostic tools, management techniques, and technologies for potato cyst nematode control. The project’s objectives include…
Strong sun during hot weather may bleach the base of exposed stems.Stems are most likely to be exposed when the canopy opens in August. Frost Damage Frost kills the foliage. The affected plant parts wilt, turn black…
