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FERA responds to heightened ring rot risk
A government research agency is stepping up its fight against ring rot in potatoes, in response to a heightened risk of the disease being imported.
7 May 2013Source: Farmers Weekly Interactive
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Soil is focus of water management at Overbury Farms
The impact of agriculture on water resources is increasingly coming under the spotlight from government, regulators and policymakers alike.
27 April 2013Source: Farmers Weekly Interactive
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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 the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA GMO Panel) assessed the monitoring report for the 2010 cultivation season of GM potato EH92-527-1 (variety Amflora) provided by BASF. See link below
29 February 2012Source: European Food Safety Authority
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Potato industry reaps benefits of new computer vision technology
A prototype computer vision system to identify sub-standard potatoes will be presented by computer scientists from the University of Lincoln at the triennial conference 'Crop Protection in Northern Britain’, taking place in Dundee this week. Post-graduate students from the Centre for Vision and Robotics Research played a major role in the project with Michael Barnes (PhD student) undertaking...
28 February 2012Source: University of Lincoln