News on Potato Varieties and Seed

August 26, 2011

New potato varieties to improve livelihoods and incomes in Mozambique

“The timely availability of seed of well-adapted varieties will enhance the sustainability and economics of potato production in Mozambique,” notes CIP’s Maria Andrade, breeder and seed system specialist. Mozambique released seven new potato varieties...
Markies potato variety
August 08, 2011

Introducing the Top Ten potato varieties in Great Britain in 2011

The Potato Council has produced provisional estimates of planted area for the top ten varieties grown in Great Britain. These varieties account for approximately 55% of total GB plantings. Areas in hectares of top ten potato varieties in GB in 2011...
 EAPR 2011
July 25, 2011

Solynta presenteert doorbraak in aardappelveredeling tijdens EAPR

Op het EAPR congres dat vandaag begint in Oulu, Finland, presenteert Pim Lindhout, Solynta: A new paradigm in potato breeding. Het bedrijf Solynta is er in geslaagd om in nauwe samenwerking met de Wageningen Universiteit inteeltlijnen van aardappel te ...
EAPR 2011
July 25, 2011

Solynta presents breakthrough potato breeding technology

At the conference of the European Association of Potato Research (EAPR) starting today, the Dutch company Solynta will present their breakthrough in potato breeding.
Protest against GM Potatoes in Norwich
July 25, 2011

Protest against GM Potatoes in Norwich

Dozens of campaigners against genetically modified food have staged a protest in Norwich city centre. Passers-by were offered chips made from non-genetically modified potatoes before the protest moved on to the John Innes Institute on the outskirts of...
 "Innate" Technology
July 13, 2011

Simplot announces 'Innate' Technology to improve potatoes

The J. R. Simplot Company's Plant Sciences business announces Innate™ Technology, the all-native biotechnology platform for improving crops, leading to new, better and healthier foods.
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 Acrylamide
June 10, 2011

Low acrylamide potato lines created by University of Wisconsin scientists

What do Americans love more than French fries and potato chips? The answer: Not much...
June 01, 2011

"Viva la papa", un snack gourmet peruano para el mundo

Dos ingleses, inspirados por el Perú y sus cultivos de papa de más de cuatro mil variedades, crean un snack gourmet con todo el sabor peruano para los mercados más exigentes y gracias a una serie de organizaciones esto fue posible. La noticia completa...
May 29, 2011

Anti-GM potato protest leaves 18 injured in Belgium

Environmental activists stormed a field of genetically modified potatoes in Belgium Sunday, breaking through a security cordon in a raid that left police and protesters injured, authorities and organisers said.
 Algemeen Boerensyndikaat
May 26, 2011

Pootgoedfirma's azen op kwekersrechten Belgische boeren

De voorbije vier jaar betaalden Belgische aardappeltelers geen kwekersrechten op meer dan 11.000 ton pootgoed.
 Breeders Trust
May 25, 2011

Breeders Trust demands breeders’ licence fees for 11.000 tonnes of Belgian seed potatoes

Breeders Trust has written to more than 130 Belgian arable farmers on the basis of crop data obtained by way of a court order against the Belgian Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC).
 Neiker Tecnalia
May 10, 2011

Neiker-Tecnalia chosen as EU technological centre to identify new varieties of potato

The Basque Institute of Agricultural Research and Development, Neiker-Tecnalia, has been commissioned to undertake technical identification examinations for registering new varieties of potato in Spain
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May 09, 2011

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May 06, 2011

El Instituto Neiker-Tecnalia de España fue elegido para identificar nuevas variedades de papa en la UE

El Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario, Neiker-Tecnalia, se encargará de realizar los exámenes técnicos de identificación para el registro en España de las nuevas variedades de patata que provengan de la Unión Europea
Aardappeloogst 2011 Vlaanderen: 5% stijging areaal, minder Bintje (PCA enquete)
April 15, 2011

Aardappeloogst 2011 Vlaanderen: 5% stijging areaal, minder Bintje (PCA enquete)

Begin april lieten 125 PCA-leden weten welk aardappelareaal en welke rassen ze telen in 2011. Dezelfde telers gaven ook in 2010 hun areaal en rassenpakket door. Met deze gegevens kan een schatting gemaakt worden van het aardappelareaal 2011 en kan een...
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April 14, 2011

Bintje nog niet ten dode opgeschreven

Aardappelras Bintje moet bij de consumptieteelt in België steeds meer terrein prijsgeven.
 Potato farmers in Peru (International Potato Center)
April 14, 2011

Resistant potato varieties make the difference between having enough to eat or not

Excessive rains and an increased presence of late blight disease devastated the Cusco region of Peru in January-February 2010, which was declared a national emergency area.
Se reunen empresarios con técnicos para identificar socios en la comercialización de semilla de papa canadiense en Honduras
April 08, 2011

Se reunen empresarios con técnicos para identificar socios en la comercialización de semilla de papa canadiense en Honduras

Con el objetivo de identificar socios nacionales en la comercialización de semilla de papa canadiense en Honduras, empresarios de Canadá se reunieron con técnicos de la Dirección de Ciencia y Tecnología Agropecuaria (DICTA), ejecutivos de la Fundación...

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