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Plant Breeding & Variety Development

The Promise of Innate

Why Simplot’s first- and second-generation biotech potatoes are generating interest among commercial growers in Canada. There’s been plenty of talk in Canadian potato circles this...

More Than Just a Purple Potato

Growing and selling specialty potatoes may offer opportunities to share information about health benefits. Although potato growers, large grocery chains and potato processors continue to...

New Potato Varieties 2017

AAFC profiles the 2017 accelerated release selections. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) rolled out 15 new potato varieties to growers and industry representatives on Feb....

Innate Second Generation Potatoes Receive EPA and FDA Clearances

Feb. 28, 2017, Boise, Idaho -- The J.R. Simplot Company announced today that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Food and Drug...

From Traits to DNA to Traits

Finding the DNA segments associated with key traits for more efficient potato breeding. Potato breeders select promising lines mainly based on the plants’ phenotypes –...

Australian OGTR Approves Field Trial of GM Potato

The Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR) in Australia has issued a license to the Queensland University of Technology, allowing the limited and...

The Promise of Innate

Why Simplot’s first- and second-generation biotech potatoes are generating interest among commercial growers in Canada. There’s been plenty of talk in Canadian potato circles this...

More Than Just a Purple Potato

Growing and selling specialty potatoes may offer opportunities to share information about health benefits. Although potato growers, large grocery chains and potato processors continue to...

New Potato Varieties 2017

AAFC profiles the 2017 accelerated release selections. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) rolled out 15 new potato varieties to growers and industry representatives on Feb....

Innate Second Generation Potatoes Receive EPA and FDA Clearances

Feb. 28, 2017, Boise, Idaho -- The J.R. Simplot Company announced today that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Food and Drug...

From Traits to DNA to Traits

Finding the DNA segments associated with key traits for more efficient potato breeding. Potato breeders select promising lines mainly based on the plants’ phenotypes –...

Australian OGTR Approves Field Trial of GM Potato

The Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR) in Australia has issued a license to the Queensland University of Technology, allowing the limited and...