Research

February 26, 2021 | Articles

‘I have a great deal of confidence in the inventiveness of the potato sector’

On 1 and 2 September 2021, the Dutch edition of PotatoEurope will take place for the first time at the location of Wageningen Plant Research in Lelystad. That’s where Chris de Visser, currently Business Unit Manager Field Crops of Wageningen University & Research (WUR), started over thirty years ago at what was then called Practical…

January 14, 2021 | News

Pulp of red fleshed potato can be used to enrich gluten-free bread

Potato pulp produced by processing red and purple fleshed varieties could become a new innovative substrate for gluten-free bread enrichment.

December 03, 2020 | News

Newly available: PotatoWorld’s Encyclopédie Pratique de la Pomme de Terre

A new book has arrived/Un nouveau livre est arrive: Encyclopédie Pratique de la Pomme de Terre!

November 25, 2020 | Articles

Ground breaking news for the potato sector: Wageningen University finds new resistances

Researchers Dr Jack Vossen, Dr Ben Vosman and Dr Misghina Goitom Teklu of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) present ground breaking news. After intensive research, resistances have now been found in wild potato varieties for pathogens such as Erwinia and Colorado beetle, for which no resistances were yet known and/or available until recently. The researchers…

November 25, 2020 | Articles

More precision in potato production; weed control

Precision agriculture is a farming management concept based on observing, measuring and responding to inter and intra-field variability in crops. How does this apply to weed control in potatoes?

November 17, 2020 | News

Game technology to speed up potato variety development process

A ground-breaking new project between a Scottish University and a potato seeds supplier will use videogame technology to help develop the perfect potato.