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NIFA recently awarded four Potato Research grants as part of their Special Research Grants program.
The United States Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) invests in Potato Breeding Research in order to support ‘potato research that focuses on the development and testing of superior commercial potato varieties, using classical breeding and advanced molecular and biotechnological approaches’.
The four breeding programs that are rewarded grants are University of Maine’s Potato Breeding to Improve Marketability and Resilience to Environmental Stress, Pests, and Diseases (awarded $510,104), Michigan State University’s Development of Multipurpose Potato Cultivars with Enhanced Quality, Disease and Pest Resistance – North Central Region 2021-23 (awarded $796,725), Texas A&M University’s Potato Breeding and Cultivar Development in the Southwest (awarded $415,359) and Washington State University’s Potato Variety Development in the Northwest (awarded $943,332). ‘This research will help improve potato quality and increase resistance to pests and diseases, leading to commercial variety development and transfer of superior materials to growers’, USDA-NIFA states.
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The World Potato Congress Inc. is pleased to present the Webinar: The National Potato Program and its Contribution to Potato Industry Advancement in China” by Jin Liping, April 3, 2024 at 8:00 am Eastern Standard Time (USA/Canada).
WUR launches major nematodes research project
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The British Potato Show returns to Harrogate in November
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