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Is the potato on your plate just a source of carbohydrates? And a part of our diet which is supposed to make us fat? Many modern diet gurus are making the consumer believe this and like to ban the potato from our daily diet. However, as you and I know, the potato is not as bad as some would like us to think.
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Origin of novel broad resistance to late blight found in wild potato relatives
To understand the mechanisms of late blight resistance of potatoes better, researchers of Wageningen University & Research together with their colleagues in Tübingen and Norwich have taken an important step. Their research has been published in the renowned scientific journal Science.
Knowledge is needed everywhere
In India, potatoes are grown in the winter and stored in the summer. This means that the product is stored in a mechanical cooling facility during the hottest period of the year.
More or less precision farming?
This question was not literally asked at the ‘Land for Farming’ Precision Farming Conference on 15 December 2016, but it could have been. There were some critical voices. What should I do with all that data about my crops? Are they accurate enough? My advisors don’t know this either. Am I not giving my customers…
A sweeter look on potato production.
The world-wide demand for French fries and processed potato products will increase over the coming years with about 3 percent per year worldwide, but in some areas such as India and China the increase will be more than 10 percent. This was predicted in a study of the Rabobank in the Netherlands, published last October.
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