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Blue Light Found to Reduce Potato Protection Against Late Blight

Researchers at the James Hutton Institute have discovered blue light reduces how potatoes can protect themselves against late blight, a Jan. 12 news release...

Promote Science to Progress Spud Innovation

What’s more compelling? Survey shows 70 per cent of Canadians say they won’t eat GMO potatoes, or, 37 per cent of Canadians say they...

Ontario Potato Research Open House Announced

The Elora Research Station in Ontario open house will be happening this year on August 11, a July 22 announcement says. Chipping, fresh market and...

Pushing to Boost Potato Production in Northern Canada

Producers and consumers in the Canadian North have unique problems when growing potatoes, showing there is no one-size-fits-all solution. The Canadian North is a vast,...

New Potato Gene Which Will Speed Up Hybrid Breeding Found

Sli (S-locus inhibitor), the self-compatibility potato gene, has been identified, cloned and characterized by researchers, Solynta says in a news release on July 6. Researchers...

First Potato Crop Planted on First McCain Farm of the Future

The first potato crop has been planted at McCain Foods Farm of the Future in Florenceville, N.B., McCain says in a news release on...

Blue Light Found to Reduce Potato Protection Against Late Blight

Researchers at the James Hutton Institute have discovered blue light reduces how potatoes can protect themselves against late blight, a Jan. 12 news release...

Promote Science to Progress Spud Innovation

What’s more compelling? Survey shows 70 per cent of Canadians say they won’t eat GMO potatoes, or, 37 per cent of Canadians say they...

Ontario Potato Research Open House Announced

The Elora Research Station in Ontario open house will be happening this year on August 11, a July 22 announcement says. Chipping, fresh market and...

Pushing to Boost Potato Production in Northern Canada

Producers and consumers in the Canadian North have unique problems when growing potatoes, showing there is no one-size-fits-all solution. The Canadian North is a vast,...

New Potato Gene Which Will Speed Up Hybrid Breeding Found

Sli (S-locus inhibitor), the self-compatibility potato gene, has been identified, cloned and characterized by researchers, Solynta says in a news release on July 6. Researchers...

First Potato Crop Planted on First McCain Farm of the Future

The first potato crop has been planted at McCain Foods Farm of the Future in Florenceville, N.B., McCain says in a news release on...