Ziektes en gebreken uit het Verenigd Koninkrijk

januari 03, 2011

Un equipo científico dirigido por el Laboratorio Sainsbury del Reino Unido ha descubierto al responsable del tizón tardío de la papa

Un equipo científico financiado con fondos comunitarios y dirigido por el Laboratorio Sainsbury del Parque Científico de Norwich (Reino Unido) ha descubierto al responsable del tizón tardío o mildiú de la patata y el tomate y el mildiú lanoso de verdur...

december 05, 2010

ADAS Syngenta Potato Conference highlights agronomy innovation

More than 250 potato growers, agronomists and industry advisors braved sub-zero temperatures to attend the first ADAS Syngenta Potato Conference

november 21, 2010

BBSRC researchers develop new approach to beat Phytophthora

Researchers funded by the BBSRC Crop Science Initiative have made a discovery that could instigate a paradigm shift in breeding resistance to Phytophthora infestans

november 12, 2010

Dickeya Solani discovered in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Farm minister Michelle Gildernew MP MLA has announced that a new strain of the potato disease Blackleg has been confirmed.

Allan Stevenson presents award to John Bradshaw

oktober 31, 2010

Dr John Bradshaw wins 2010 British Potato Industry Award

oktober 16, 2010

Wet weather causing potato store problems in the UK

Rain has hampered harvesting progress for potato growers in many regions in the United Kingdom

oktober 15, 2010

More action on Dickeya by Scottish Government

The Scottish Government has outlined further measures it is taking to prevent the spread of the highly aggressive potato bacterial pathogen Dickeya Solani.

oktober 10, 2010

Suspect potato lots (Dickeya) to be processed outside Scotland

Minimising risk of Dickeya solani infections in Scotland is a key policy for the Scottish government.

Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture (SASA)

oktober 07, 2010

Seed potatoes and diseases: SASA defends control systems

The authorities in charge of ensuring the continued high health status of the Scottish seed potato crop yesterday mounted a robust defence of the control systems that are now in place.

oktober 04, 2010

Keep up-to-date on the latest potato disease information, growers urged

Potato industry delegates attending this year’s Seed Industry Event at Crieff Hydro on October 26 will have the opportunity of questioning researchers on the latest developments concerning potato diseases such as Dickeya solani and potyviruses.

juli 07, 2010

Additional cases of Dickeya solani identified in Scotland

The number of cases of a potentially devastating soil-borne bacterium that could cause significant potato production problems in Scottish seed potatoes has doubled.The Scottish Government yesterday admitted it had found two more cases of Dickeya solani...

juli 03, 2010

Scottish seed potato business at risk after Dickeya solani outbreak

The Scottish seed potato industry has reacted with anger to the confirmation of another crop of potatoes being infected with the highly infectious and transmissible potato disease dickeya solani which was found in a sample of ware potatoes grown last y...

juni 17, 2010

Syngenta advises to treat blight and Alternaria separately

Syngenta warns potato growers not to compromise blight control programmes during high risk conditions when tackling the threat of Alternaria.

juni 02, 2010

Potato Council launches Aphids monitoring

The Potato Council has launched its aphid monitoring campaign for this season to provide growers with the latest information on the activity of crop-damaging pests.A network of 100 yellow water traps set up to monitor aphid movements across different p...

juni 01, 2010

Mustard Crop cuts potato cyst nematode population

Field-scale trials of a biofumigant mustard crop have given around 50% potato cyst nematode suppression, Andy Barker of Barworth Agriculture told growers. PCN control had become more difficult, particularly since the suspension of use of the soil ste...

mei 27, 2010

Infectious potato disease Dickeya Solani found in Scotland

The infectious potato disease Dickeya solani has been found in a ware crop growing in Perthshire.The species is an aggressive, form of the seed-borne bacterial disease, blackleg.Scotland had recently established rules to keep the disease out. But repor...

april 09, 2010

Trials with GM Potatoes resistant to PCN in United Kingdom approved

The government has given the green light to scientists to undertake a trial of genetically modified potatoes.Researchers will grow a trial crop of potatoes genetically modified to resist infection by potato cyst nematodes.DEFRA granted approval to scie...

september 10, 2009

Scottish scientists complete sequencing Phytophthora genome

Scientists at the Scottish Crop research Institute (SCRI) have helped unlock the mystery behind potato blight - a disease that costs the global industry an estimated £4billion of losses every year. The same disease devastated crops in Ireland 150 year...