El portal de la papa en Argentina
Canadian potato growers found a new insect foe in the 2015 season — European corn borer. Ordinarily the pest prefers maize and other grain crops, but when conditions are right it will move on and hit other crops hard, including potatoes.
The old potato harvest can currently rejoice at good demand. “The cold weather was good for export. We can get rid of a fair amount for high prices,” Jan Westhoeve of the eponymous potato wholesaler’s from Ouddorp observes.
Die alte Kartoffelernte darf sich momentan auf eine gute Nachfrage freuen. "Das kühle Wetter hat dem Export gut getan. Es geht recht viel weg gegen hohe Preise", bemerkt Jan Westhoeve vom gleichnamigen Kartoffelgroßhandel aus Ouddorp (NL).
Robert Green is just one of Prince Edward Island’s potato growers who is planting peas and fava beans, a first for his business. He hopes that the peas and beans, when rotated with his traditional potato crop.
The main bacteria causing potato blackleg and tuber soft rot are Pectobacterium atrosepticum, P. carotovorum subsp. carotovorum, and Dickeya spp., all formerly belonging to the genus Erwinia.
A newly-approved, genetically modified potato will not be grown commercially in Canada this year.
La campagna delle patate novelle in Puglia è iniziata da circa 10 giorni. "Dal punto di vista della commercializzazione - dichiara a FreshPlaza Cosimo Leggiero, responsabile commerciale dell’azienda Egnathia detentrice del brand Miss Freschezza.
Purple potatoes might not be the first thing that comes to mind when trying to increase vitamin, mineral and antioxidant intake. However, a group of researchers from CSU have recently developed potato varieties that satisfy these nutritional .