The University of Maine has received $510,104 in federal funding to conduct research on potato breeding in Maine to make the crop more heat-tolerant and resistant to pests. The funding...

Currently, virologists count from 27 to 33 types of viral diseases of the potato. Under natural conditions, viruses can spread when a diseased plant comes into contact with a healthy...

A knowledge packed learning event for key information on potato diseases, soil health, and growing solutions. Everyone in the potato industry is invited to take part in this knowledge-packed learning...

Potato Expo is the largest annual potato industry conference and trade show held in North America January 5-6, 2022Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California Hi, I’m Britt Raybould. I am a potato...

The CIP Genebank initiated in vitro cultures more than 40 years ago and has extensive expertise in developing and assaying tissue culture technologies for these crops. In vitro cultures are initiated from and maintained sterily...

Throughout 2021, as part of Potato Grower’s celebration of our 50th year in publication, we will be honoring in our pages and on our website 50 of the potato industry’s most...

Potato is an essential crop for food, culture and the economies of Andean countries and the world. Although there is little documentation of the exact route of introduction of potatoes...

In the absence of harmony between the biology of the variety and the environment, the physiological functions of the body are disrupted, which leads to a weakening of its viability,...

Studies in three Africa countries validate the value of seed system tools  Cassava trader in Uganda Seed systems are essential for getting new crop varieties to farmers and, in the case of banana, cassava,...

In production conditions, the variety is gradually deteriorating. To maintain all its valuable biological properties at a high level at all stages of seed production, special seed methods and measures...