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Fast-Tracking Extreme Resistance

Researchers are developing new markers for much more efficient selection of PVY-immune potato lines. A key tool in the arsenal for controlling potato virus Y...

Dutch company develops new blight-resistant potato

The Dutch company Solynta has developed a potato variety that is resistant to late blight (Phytophthora infestans). As a result, it could greatly reduce...

Scottish Potato Industry Unites to Fund Major Blackleg Research Project

A group of major potato businesses and public sector organizations, including the Scottish government and AHDB, is sponsoring a £242,000 (USD 313,000) research project...

Ongoing monitoring program finds potato psyllids

No evidence found of bacteria that causes zebra chip disease University of Lethbridge biogeography professor Dr. Dan Johnson and his team have been monitoring...

Late blight confirmed in Manitoba

Late blight has been confirmed in Manitoba in the rural municipality of Norfolk Treherne, the south central potato growing region in the province. The region...

Late Blight and Potato Psyllids Both Detected in North Dakota

North Dakota State University (NDSU) plant pathologist Dr. Gary Secor announced July 27 that late blight was confirmed in a potato sample from Pembina...

Fast-Tracking Extreme Resistance

Researchers are developing new markers for much more efficient selection of PVY-immune potato lines. A key tool in the arsenal for controlling potato virus Y...

Dutch company develops new blight-resistant potato

The Dutch company Solynta has developed a potato variety that is resistant to late blight (Phytophthora infestans). As a result, it could greatly reduce...

Scottish Potato Industry Unites to Fund Major Blackleg Research Project

A group of major potato businesses and public sector organizations, including the Scottish government and AHDB, is sponsoring a £242,000 (USD 313,000) research project...

Ongoing monitoring program finds potato psyllids

No evidence found of bacteria that causes zebra chip disease University of Lethbridge biogeography professor Dr. Dan Johnson and his team have been monitoring...

Late blight confirmed in Manitoba

Late blight has been confirmed in Manitoba in the rural municipality of Norfolk Treherne, the south central potato growing region in the province. The region...

Late Blight and Potato Psyllids Both Detected in North Dakota

North Dakota State University (NDSU) plant pathologist Dr. Gary Secor announced July 27 that late blight was confirmed in a potato sample from Pembina...