News on New Potato Varieties

For years the humble spud has been viewed as a simple, even boring, side dish. But that may soon change, with many in the Australian industry attempting to give mash a makeover.

Marc van Rijsselberghe probeert op Texel uit te vinden welke gewassen kunnen groeien in zoute grond en met zout water.

Growers could start seeing the benefits of the potato genome being sequenced within the next decade, with varieties bringing new traits such as PCN resistance or improved tuber shape.

You say potato. I say Colorado. When First Lady Michelle Obama and a passel of schoolchildren recently planted vegetables in the White House kitchen garden, three of five potato varieties plunked into the soil were developed by Colorado State University.

The local extension center in Klamath Falls now develops new varieties of potatoes that farmers from all over the Pacific Northwest — Oregon, Washington and Idaho — will plant for years to come.

El Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agropecuaria y Forestal (INIAF) alista para el próximo 28 de abril la cosecha y evaluación de 1.555 variedades de papa, en el Centro de Referencia de Cultivos Alto Andinos de Toralapa-Cochabamba (Estación Experimental de Toralapa), según información divulgada en el portal de la entidad que depende del Ministerio de Desarrollo Rural.

First Lady Michelle Obama welcomed children from five schools across the country to join her yesterday for the fourth annual spring planting of the White House Kitchen Garden. During the day, the kids planted five varieties of seed potatoes: Sangre, Pu...

Russet potatoes still dominate markets, but specialties are gaining.

La Sociedad Newco promovida por el centro de investigación Neiker Tecnalia saca tres nuevas variedades de patatas. Con este proyecto de investigación, enmarcado en un sector tradicional de Álava como es la producción de patata de siembra, se pretende c...

Recent growth at Southwind Farms in Heyburn, Idaho, should make it the nation's second largest supplier of fingerling potatoes this season.

Asunta (Susie) Thompson is the winner of the 2012 NPPGA Meritorious Service Award. It was presented to her at NPPGA's annual banquet. This comes on the heals of winning a Meritorious Service Award from the National Potato Council in January. Dr. Thom...

President Obama's budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 proposes cutting $700 million in the USDA's spending levels.The amount represents a 3 percent cut from FY 2012 USDA spending levels.

La papa es un tubérculo serrano que se cultiva de manera óptima entre los 3 mil y 3 mil 800 metros sobre el nivel del mar, a temperaturas entre 15 y 25 grados centígrados. Sin embargo, estudios realizados por el Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agra...

El Proyecto CLIPAPA, financiado por FONTAGRO y liderado por NEIKER (País Vasco), en el que participan Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Perú y Uruguay, realizó su segunda reunón anual en febrero en San José de Costa Rica. Los participantes expus...

A potato that's purple on the outside and yellow on the inside is one of four new varieties coming to Montana to help attract new markets for the state's $40 million seed potato industry, says Nina Zidack, director of the Montana State University Potato Lab.

De Commissaris van de Koningin voor de provincie Flevoland Leen Verbeek en gedeputeerde Jan Nico Appelman hebben afgelopen vrijdag een bedrijfsbezoek gebracht aan de Noordoostpolder. Op uitnodiging van Bedrijven Actief Noordoostpolder (BAN) werd een ...

Greenvale AP, the UK’s leading supplier of potatoes, is aiming to inject fresh interest into the produce sector with the launch of its first branded product. GreenVale Farm Fresh potatoes are being sold in 2kg eye-catching blue and green paper bags.

Researchers hope to find potato varieties that form less acrylamide, a naturally occurring chemical compound, when cooked.