Satiety index

Potatoes are a high satiety index food, approximately 2.5 times that of comparable carbohydrates such as rice and pasta.  The … Read More

Energy

Carbohydrate-rich foods like potatoes are a good source of energy. For a balanced diet, carbohydrates should supply just over half … Read More

Healthy potatoes

The New Zealand Ministry of Health Guidelines include potatoes in their recommendation of three vegetable serves per day. For good … Read More

Potatoes and sport

Most athletes need to focus on getting enough carbohydrates into their diet. Potatoes are a great source of carbohydrate and … Read More

Gluten free

Nutritious and delicious all fresh potatoes are naturally gluten free. With the rising awareness of gluten intolerance and celiac disease, … Read More

Busy potato research season

Update by Jen Linton, Potato Research Manager, FAR The number of trials and sites around the country has made the … Read More

Grower talk – mesh crop covers

Dr Charles Merfield from the BHU Future Farming Centre spoke at a Growers Talk in Lincoln on 14 March 2017. … Read More

Dickeya solani in NZ

Both Pectobacterium atrosepticum and P. carotovorum subsp. carotovorum have previously been isolated from potato tubers with soft rot symptoms in … Read More

Dickeya solani biosecurity case study – USA 2015

In 2014 and 2015, growers in many parts of the eastern United States region started to notice blackleg symptoms in … Read More

Dickeya solani biosecurity case study – Europe 2005

Europe 2005 In 2005/2006, a growing number of cases of potato blackleg/top wilt in Northern Europe and Israel were found … Read More

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