Mozambique has potential to produce potato seed

Mozambique could put an end to the import of potato seed and produce it locally and needs only to make use of the agricultural and ecological conditions that some of its regions offer, said the director of the Mozambican Agrarian Research Institute (IIAM). According to Mozambican newspaper Notícias, Calisto Bias said that the mountainous region [...]

Interfarm to supply Rizolex potato seed treatment in UK and Ireland

Interfarm UK is now supplying the seed potato fungicide treatments Rizolex in the UK and Ireland.  Available as the 10%w/w Wettable Powder, Rizolex and as the 500g/l Suspension Concentrate Rizolex Flowable, these fungicides are used in seed potatoes for the control of black scurf and stem canker, caused by the pathogen Rhizoctonia solani. John Martin, Managing [...]

New seed potato treatment approved on wireworm

Bayer CropScience has picked up registration for a new seed-piece treatment to suppress damage caused by wireworm in potato crops.  Bayer said in a release Wednesday that its Group 4 liquid clothiandin product Titan will be available for the 2009 season as the only seed-piece treatment registered for suppression of wireworm.
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Canadian farmers win 20-year settlement fight over virus decision

Almost 200 potato farmers in the New Brunswick province of Canada will receive a multimillion-dollar settlement from their Federal government after a court ruling ended a 20-year legal battle over a virus outbreak. The Supreme Court of Canada has decided not to hear an appeal from the federal government in a lawsuit over a virus that devastated the province’s [...]

Two Indonesian provinces to be developed for production of processed potatoes

According to a report published by the Asia Pulse agency, Indonesian provinces Jambi and North Sulawesi that have good fertility and climate will be developed into potato production centers for french fries. In the province of Jambi in particular, potatoes used to make french fries would be developed in the districts of Kerinci and Marangin, [...]