Give storage the attention it deserves!
February 2019
Jan van Maldegem
In agricultural research and development, we are now working hard on optimising potato cultivation by means of location-specific processing, planting and fertiliser application and crop protection, based on data collected by, for example, drones.
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Diseases occurring in the potato storage
Diseases that occasionally lead to considerable losses during storage include soft rot (Pectobacterium spp.), dry rot (Fusarium spp.), silver scurf (Helminthosporium), late blight (Phytophtora infestans), leak (Pythium) and pink rot (Phytophthora erythroseptica).