June 17, 2024 | Articles

New plant resistance reference book for breeders

Four academics who are engaged in plant breeding and plant diseases have recently published a new ref­erence book on these topics. The title of the 200 pages of writing is: Breeding Crops with resistance to pests and diseases. It is entirely written in English and compiled by Rienst Nothing, Jan Parlevliet, Pim Lindhout and Yuling…

June 17, 2024 | Articles

Salt-tolerant varieties have a nicer taste

Journal editors and journal­ists of the national press came to the island of Texel late July to meet the first salty delicacies from Dutch soil. At the Zilt Experimental farm in Den Hoorn, there were 26 seedlings and new potato varieties in total that were especially selected for salt tolerance and were ready to be…

June 17, 2024 | Articles

Pre-sprouting also helps against Fusarium

Seed potato growers who are staunch advocates of pre­sprouting claim that the method also helps against diseases such as Erwinia, Fusarium and Phoma. Cor Joppe, manufacturer of the widely-known Joppe Pre­sprouting bags, put this claim to the test and commissioned the Northern Arable Trial Farms [Stichting Proefboerderijen Noordelijke Akkerbouw (SPNA)] to exam­ine how the above-mentioned…

June 17, 2024 | Articles

Agrodust vacuum cleaner follows floor optimally

Agrodust recently brought an industrial vacuum-cleaner on the market that can accu­rately follow unevenness in the floor. This is possible thanks to the installation of a flexible suction cup ..

June 17, 2024 | Articles

Potential remedy for Black leg and Bacterial soft rot discovered

Robert Czajkowski recently discovered how the causer of Black leg and Bacterial soft rot, the Dickeya bacterium (Erwinia) spreads through the potato plant. He also discov­ered an antagonistic bacteri­um with which the Dickeya bacteria can be controlled. Czajkowski is employed by the NIOO and works at Plant Research International (PRI), which is part of Wageningen…

June 03, 2024 | News

Many benefits attending the World Potato Congress 2024

This month, the World Potato Congress will be held in Adelaide Australia.  This will be the 12th World Potato Congress event since the inception of the organization over 30 years ago, says Ellen Kouwenberg, Executive Director, World Potato Congress Inc.

There are many benefits to attending the World Potato Congress. Networking opportunities build relationships and…

May 23, 2024 | News

The potato can strengthen food security and livelihoods

Global agrifood systems are facing challenges to feed the world’s growing population and the potato can provide an effective solution. That was the key message delivered at a webinar held by the World Potato Congress (WPC) on Monday, 29 April, ahead of International Day of Potato on 30 May.

April 29, 2024 | Articles

Meijer plans to keep expanding with new office building

C. Meijer BV from Rilland has recently opened a new office building. The breed­ing station and seed sales are therefore based at the same location. With this step, the company indicates that they have full confidence in the future of the seed potato sec­tor and that they want to continue to expand.

April 29, 2024 | Articles

Flailing and ploughing Chinese radish in a single work sequence

Last summer, the consump­tion grower Tonnie van Peperstraten in Oude Tonge sowed Chinese radish with resistance to the Meloidogyne chiwoodi and Meloidogyne fal­lax nematodes.

April 29, 2024 | Articles

World Potato Congress programme is shaping up

From 27 to 30 May 2012, the international World Potato Congress (WPC) will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland. The WPC theme is Think Global, Win Local. Mr Rob Clayton of the World Potato Congress has already succeeded in engaging a few interesting speakers on this subject including Dr Qu Dongyu, Chairman of the Chinese Potato…