
Irlanda: Gene-edited blight-resistant potato breakthrough a "game-changer"
CRISPR/Cas technology makes the breeding of new, improved varieties faster and more precise.
CRISPR/Cas technology makes the breeding of new, improved varieties faster and more precise.
Through his business, Peter Gwyn and Sons Quality Potatoes, Peter Gwyn has supplied potatoes in North Wales for over 30 years. But he is now seeing things that he has never experienced.
The Mintec Benchmark Prices for Processing Potatoes EXW Netherlands were assessed at €420/mt on 16th May 2023, representing a 66% year-on-year increase.
Akkerbouwer Peter Harry Mulder in het Groningse Muntendam moet noodgedwongen een deel van zijn aardappelareaal overpoten. Door twee flinke regenbuien op 5 en 6 mei sloegen de ruggen plat en verrotten gepote zetmeelaardappelen in de grond.
Het natte voorjaar zorgde ervoor dat veel aardappelen later de grond in gaan. Dit betekent niet automatisch dat er rendementsverlies zal zijn.
Aiming to prevent further dumping on the South African Customs Union (Sacu) market, the International .
This article was written by Jorge Luis Alonso G., an information consultant specializing in the potato crop
Potatoes South Africa, in collaboration with the University of Pretoria, has secured funding from the Department of Science and Innovation for a project aimed at creating a new value chain for waste or ‘cull’ potatoes – those too small, low-quality,