This new publication on potato storage brings together the various postharvest considerations, including principles of storage, store design, potato handling, quality control, and store management. It describes the different technical methods of potato storage used worldwide, for example box, bag and bulk storage. It is essential reading for researchers and potato growers, both large-scale commercial [...]
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Vales Sovereign, a new potato from Greenvale AP, won ‘Variety of the Year’ in the Tesco Fresh Produce Category Awards, held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London in November last year. The coveted Variety of the Year award looks at all produce, including fruit as well as vegetables, and the Greenvale team was overjoyed [...]
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Jobana Soto, ‘Living in Peru’
He’s been known as the Darwin and the Indiana Jones of potato discovery. He has helped classify more than 12 thousand Peruvian potatoes, classifying them in 11 species that are recognized today in science. This man, Professor Carlos Ochoa, born in Cusco, Peru, has sadly passed away on December 11, 2008. [...]
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