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Potato Council have drawn together scientific research on the nutrition of potatoes and their contribution to the national diet...
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Potato Council is seeking a Technical Executive to work with Potato Industry levy payers and stakeholders in Scotland to...
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There was an error in the article entitled ‘Preventing Common Scab’ published in the latest edition of Tubertalk. We apologise...
Industry News
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A Dickeya solani-free year for Scottish potato growers
The 2011-12 post-harvest tuber survey for Dickeya solani in the Scottish potato crop has found no...Source: Farmers Weekly Interactive -
Scientific Opinion on the annual Post-Market Environmental Monitoring (PMEM) report from BASF on the cultivation of genetically modified potato in 2010
Following a request from the European Commission, the Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms of...Source: European Food Safety Authority -
Potato industry reaps benefits of new computer vision technology
A prototype computer vision system to identify sub-standard potatoes will be presented by computer...Source: University of Lincoln
R&D
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Aim: To develop systems that will give growers better control of canopy and nitrogen management.A nitrogen management model that...
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Aim: To improve cultivation practices in potatoes to increase soil structural stability, lengthen the window of...
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Aim: To improve the efficiency of water use in GB production by understanding the interactions between soil and plant water...
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Aim: To provide valuable information on the extent and geographical distribution of D. 'solani' infections as well as provide...
