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In a world where almost half of potential crop production is lost due to diseases, pests, and extreme weather, addressing the challenges of food security and sustainable agriculture has never been more urgent.

Meeting the challenges will be the focus of the 26th annual gathering in Dundee of the country’s leading potato producers and the companies that support them.

The potatoes sector is to benefit from the delivery of seven industry projects funded by residual levy reserves, after a grant agreement was signed between AHDB and GB Potatoes.

Esta plaga, originaria de Norteamérica y de rápida reproducción, obliga a tomar medidas inmediatas para evitar su propagación y proteger la producción local de patata y otros cultivos afectados, como berenjena y tomate.

Agrico's annual Variety and Seedling Show 2024 on November 7 and 8 will showcase their latest 'Next Generation' potato varieties, featuring enhanced disease resistance, yield potential, and sustainability.

Researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) have discovered a new gene that controls plants' sensitivity to threats like fungi and drought. The working of this gene was confirmed in potatoes and tobacco.

The ADAPT project, funded by the EU Horizon 2020 program, has concluded with significant advancements in developing climate-resilient potatoes, bringing together a multidisciplinary team to enhance stress resilience and breeding strategies for future potato crops.

This year’s Hutchinsons Potato Demonstration Day, held at Worth Farms, Holbeach, Lincolnshire, focussed on potential solutions to address some of the key challenges faced by UK potato growers.

En el valle del Duero la temperatura y la falta de lluvias han limitado la incidencia de enfermedades. La alternaría parece ser la única excepción.

How can we improve potato grading capacity and reduce labor using a potato grading machine?

En Castilla y León se pone en marcha un plan piloto para la detección temprana de enfermedades que puedan afectar cultivos.

How can potato packers ensure desired potato quality and consistency using potato AI grading technology?

El fantasma de la gran hambruna irlandesa de finales del siglo XIX vuelve a hacerse presente en la Unión Europea.

Alerta por riesgo de tizón tardío en las Islas Canarias. Se implementan medidas de control y prevención.

It is not easy to be a potato farmer in Europe these days, and it may get even worse: To maintain the harvest, farmers need a sufficient number of highly efficient fungicides to cover a spray scheme for control of Late Blight (Phytophthora infestans).

En el sur de España las condiciones de producción están volviendo inviable al cultivo de patatas.

Climate change and genetic selection have brought root-knot nematodes further north in Europe and made cyst nematodes more difficult to control.

The ground-breaking trial, set to start in the spring, will equip the 'Slug Sleuths' with special rigs designed to improve the complex machine-learning algorithms used to identify the slimy pests.