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Potato industry stakeholders from across the United States gathered in Bangor, Maine in November 2017 to deliberate on Dickeya, the aggressive disease that’s devastated thousands of potato acres in the U.S. since its first major outbreak in 2015.
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Scientists at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Fredericton Research and Development Centre have developed two potato varieties resistant to the Colorado potato beetle.
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The International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI), J.R. Simplot Company, and Tennessee State University have collaborated on a new publication that provides readers with access to a unique collection of hundreds of high-resolution photographs that document a wide range of nutrient deficiency symptoms in potato plants.
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Another year, another year on top. Titan ® Emesto ® is the number one performing potato seed-piece treatment in Canada. The unique red formulation is easy to apply and easy to see. It protects against the broadest spectrum of insects – including Colorado potato beetle and aphids – plus all major seed-borne diseases, including rhizoctonia, silver scurf and fusarium, even current resistant strains. It takes a lot of confidence to grow a healthy potato crop, season after season. And we’re proud Canadian potato growers keep choosing Titan Emesto for the job.
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As spring arrives, potato growers are concerned about Dickeya, and Eugenia Banks, the Ontario potato specialist, has some points of interest to share.
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A P.E.I. potato packaging company received funding to make investments toward company efficiency, including an optical sorting machine and a new ventilated storage area.
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For Dan Breen, the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association’s 2018 Soil Champion, soil is a living, active bio-system that needs protecting. It's like the "skin" of the earth, he believes, and much like people cover their bare skin when going outside in the winter, fields too need covering to protect them from the elements.
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