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NPC hires director of public relations
Mark Szymanski has joined the National Potato Council as director of public relations. Szymanski brings more than 10 years of combined experience in communications, new media and regulatory affairs to the NPC. He will lead the association's media out... more
ARS breeding wireworm-resistant potatoes
When wireworms feast on potatoes, the results aren't pretty: The spuds' surfaces are left punctured, pitted and unappealing. For the past few years, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their colleagues have sought a solution in the f... more
New Potatoes Withstand Destructive Wireworms
Wireworm feeding damage is easy to spot, says Rich Novy, an Agricultural Research Service plant geneticist seeking to shore up America's $3.3 billion potato crop. The damage resembles a nail hole that has been punched into the spud, pitting its surfa... more
A New Arrangement for Potato Production
When Idaho farmers started making the state famous for its potatoes, they seeded their crops in ridged rows and watered the plants by channeling surface irrigation to flow through the furrows between the rows. But even though most commercial potato p... more
FMC Corp. announces agreement with Chr. Hansen Biological Products
FMC Corporation announced its Agricultural Products Group has entered into two exclusive agreements covering global development and supply of Chr. Hansen biological products for agricultural and ornamental markets. FMC will begin commercialization th... more
2012 Potato Industry Leadership Institute Dates Announced
The 2012 Potato Industry Leadership Institute (PILI) will be held February 23-March 1, 2012. The Institute is an eight-day program designed to identify, develop and cultivate new leaders within the potato industry. The Institute focuses on leadership... more
New Zealand potato industry seeking help to survive disease
The organisation Potatoes New Zealand is seeking more government funding to tackle the tomato-potato psyllid that spreads a disease which causes leaf yellowing, kills plants and disfigures potato tubers.
WSU plant pathologist receives lifetime achievement award
Dennis Johnson, professor of plant pathology, has been recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pacific division of the American Phytopathological Society (APS).First presented in 1990, this honor is given to senior members of the divi... more
New test identifies golden nematode
A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist has developed a diagnostic test that identifies the golden nematode, one of two types of potato cyst nematodes. Xiaohang Wang has developed a test that identifies the golden nematode. For more informa... more
Potato pest investigation to include P.E.I.
An investigation into how a small Ottawa garlic farm became infested with a pest called potato rot nematode will include Prince Edward Island even though it’s highly unlikely it came from there.
