b'Restrain Ethylene, by Restrain Company Ltd.Commercial Launch: 2022Keeping potatoes in top condition during storage and reducing sprouts on them is an important part of the production process. With regulations changing around the world, growers are finding themselves unable to use some traditional sprout inhibitors. Restrain Ethylene is a sustainable economic sprout inhibitor that has zero residue.SP 327 Chipping potato variety, by Peter Vander Zaag Restrain Ethylene is a post-harvest application sprout. It usesat Sunrise Potato Storagenatural ethylene gas at a low, continuous concentration to controlCommercial Launch: May 5, 2020potato sprouting. Using ethylene gas means you wont leave anyWith new options in the world of plant breeding, new potato residue in your crop or storage facility, allowing you to delivervarieties can tackle weather and disease threats making all the potatoes which can be used immediately for processing.difference to grow a successful crop. SP 327 is a high yielding The Restrain generator converts ethanol into ethylene gas andchipping potato variety, that can also be sold as a fresh potato then distributes it evenly and continuous throughout your potatovariety. It has outstanding chipping quality from the field and storage, whether you crop is in bulk or boxes. You can ventilateeven after long-term storage. your storage daily without affecting sprouting and without havingSP 327 has also demonstrated tolerance to heat and drought. to make any modifications. The generator includes a sensor andIt has resistance to numerous diseases including common scab, maintains the pre-set ethylene concentration, as well as loggingverticillium wilt and potato early dying. SP 327 has round, storage levels for carbon dioxide levels, humidity, and temperature.uniform medium sized tubers with shallow eyes and white flesh. Data is recorded every half hour and is available to review.Restrain Ethylene is approved for use on organic potatoes. XiteBio Tuber+, by XiteBio Technologies Inc.Commercial Launch: 2023Seed Sensing Technology, by Bluefield SeedingFertilizers are an Solutions Inc. important but expensive Commercial Launch: Dec. 1, 2022 part of potato production. Seeding is an important part of the potatoXiteBio Tuber+ uses production cycle and knowing that yourphosphate solubilizing seed has been properly planted canplant growth promoting make all the difference. Seed Sensing Technology allows potatorhizobacteria technology to colonize plant roots and solubilize growers to know their seed placement performance withoutsoil fixed phosphorus making it more available for uptake by having to dig them up by hand. It creates the opportunity fortuber plants. It also chelates iron, helping with iron acquisition greater efficiencies, productivity, and better overall financialby making it available to the plant and providing phytohormones results throughout the field. that stimulates plant growth and early root development. It uses Bluefield Seeding Solutions Inc.s press wheels thatXiteBio Tuber+ increases the efficiency of phosphate fertilizers sense the contact with each seed piece while the seed is beingby saving money for growers on their production costs and locked in place by the press wheels during planting. This allowsincreasing sustainability. It can be used in tandem with a the seed piece to become stationary in the furrow. It gives realgrowers regular fertilizer program and can be applied In-furrow time feedback of the actual seed placement on a per row basis,by itself, with water, or with starter liquid fertilizers. And it can allowing the grower to maximize planter performance andbe used in early-post application by tank-mixing with many post-planting speed. The seeding data recorded includes total and peremergent herbicides at the zero to six leaf stage. row data for total planted, number of ideal placements, number of less-than-ideal placements, number of misses, and number of doubles on a per field basis.10SPUDSMART.COM Spring 2023'