Aardappelrassen en pootaardappelen

juli 16, 2015

One Third of Aussies can't name a single Potato Variety

It appears that many Australians don’t know their King Edwards from their Kennebecs, with the latest wave of the Potato Tracker consumer research project indicating that some people can’t name a single variety of potato, despite being the most commonly purchased vegetable commodity.

Yum Tasmania Gourmet potatoes. Purple Bliss is the darkest coloured potato on the right

juli 15, 2015

Australia: Purple Bliss potato could become family favourite

The new ‘purple bliss’ potato (grown in Tasmania and bred in Idaho) could become a family favourite now that it has begun producing commercial quantities, and 20 tonnes are making their way to supermarket shelves.

juli 10, 2015

Papas andinas contra la malnutrición del mundo

La papa ha salvado al mundo de hambrunas. Ahora, papas andinas poco conocidas podrían acabar con la malnutrición. El Centro Internacional de la Papa presentó en Bruselas un proyecto regional con aspiraciones globales.

juli 09, 2015

Calyxt Launches Field Trials of its Cold Storable Potato

Calyxt, Inc., a Minnesota-based company focusing on developing healthier food products, today announced that it has started the field trials of its cold storable potato.

juni 19, 2015

Bolivia: Identifican tres papas nativas con alto potencial para la industria

La industria de las papas fritas tiene tres nuevos potenciales que abaratarán los costos de importación y producción, por sus altos rendimientos y características que superan los estándares requeridos internacionalmente.

juni 18, 2015

Increasing International interest in PVMI Potato Varieties

Foreign countries are showing increasing interest in potato varieties developed in the Pacific Northwest and managed by the Potato Variety Management Institute (PVMI).

juni 14, 2015

Perú: Crean asociación de guardianes de papa nativa

Después de tres meses de un exhaustivo proceso de preselección, el 10 de julio del 2014 se fundó la Asociación de Guardianes de Papa Nativa del Centro del Perú (AGUAPAN), conformada por 43 socios, provenientes de igual número de comunidades campesinas pertenecientes a cinco departamentos.

juni 11, 2015

Yawar, una papa encendida en sangre

La yawar fue una de las estrellas del Festival de la papa nativa, una fiesta popular con la que Lima cerraba el mes de mayo.

Maris Piper (Courtesy: Potato Council Variety Database / SASA)

juni 10, 2015

The Quest to Engineer the Perfect Potato

Researchers in the United Kingdom aim for a new commercial potato that resists many of the worst vulnerabilities of potato crops around the world.

juni 08, 2015

Snack Factory Pretzel Crisps achieve Non-GMO Project Verification

Snack Factory® Pretzel Crisps®, the world’s first flat-baked pretzel cracker, has announced that it has achieved Non-GMO Project Verification. Snack Factory will begin introducing Non-GMO Project Verified versions starting in Fall 2015.

juni 08, 2015

A look at the Innate Potato by FrankenFoodFacts

The blog FrankenFoodFacts recently published a review of the Innate potato of Simplot Plant Sciences. This blog by Layla Katiraee, who holds a Ph.D. in molecular genetics and is a senior scientist at a biotech company, offers the most insightful review of the Innate Potato PotatoPro has seen so far.

mei 26, 2015

VI Congreso Ecuatoriano de la Papa

Además del congreso habrá una feria de innovación y tecnología, una feria gastronómica y una rueda de negocios.

mei 20, 2015

Purple: Are you familiar with truffle potatoes?

Belgian Potato Supplier Pomuni offers purple potatoes for years, but they are still unfamiliar to many. Pomuni brings purple potatoes in two flavours: Bergerac and Vitelotte.

mei 17, 2015

Tasteful Selection opens Green Potato Facility in California

CSS, along with RPE, Carrollton, Texas-based Pro-Health® and Stevens Point, Wisconsin-based Plover River Farms Alliance, Inc. partnered together and opened a new, stainless steel, 200,000 square foot facility near Bakersfield dedicated to Tasteful Selections specialty potatoes.

mei 14, 2015

Value of HZPC certificate increases with the maximum 10 percent

The value of the certificate of HZPC Holland B.V., world leader in potato breeding and seed potato export, is determined on € 113.15 after the Stock trading day 2015.

mei 14, 2015

Koers HZPC-certificaat stijgt met maximale 10 procent

De certificaatkoers van HZPC Holland bv, wereldleider in aardappelveredeling en pootgoedexport, is na Beursdag Mei 2015 vastgesteld op €113,15.

Syngenta offers a range of potato crop protection solutions

mei 14, 2015

Syngenta response on Monsanto acquisition offer

Syngenta reacts to the acquisition offer of Monsanto reported in the media in this response dated May 8, 2015

mei 11, 2015

HZPC takes potato genome browsing to the next level

Ceres, Inc. (NASDAQ: CERE), an agricultural biotechnology company, today announced that the company has licensed its Persephone bioinformatics software to global seed potato developer, HZPC Holland BV.