Latest Seed Rulebook
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The New Zealand Seed Potato Certification Authority is proud to announce that the new rule-book for seed certification is now … Read More
Tamarixia Survey and Release guides
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Plant & Food Research have prepared two guides for your information as a component of the Tamarixia release programme. These … Read More
TPP response
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Providing tools to assist the potato industry to manage and control Tomato Potato Psyllid is the focus of several research projects being … Read More
Taking steps towards long-term late blight resistance
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Globally, late blight (Phytophthora infestans) is the most destructive pathogen of potatoes, and has been identified as the cause of … Read More
The impact of seed and soil health on potato productivity.
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A three-year Sustainable Farming Fund project investigated the impact of both soil physical structure and potato seed health on crop … Read More
Psyllid Research Update – Reduced Insecticide Trial & Monitoring Programme
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Plant and Food research have been studying the impact of different spray regimes on Tomato Potato Psyllid (TPP) populations in … Read More
Potatoes New Zealand Potato and Massey University Tuber Spectral Imaging Project
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The project will apply vision-processing techniques of hyperspectral video images to generate a flat surface map of each rolling tuber, … Read More
Do some potato-growing soils suppress powdery scab?
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A research project in New Zealand is determining if different field soils affect development of powdery scab on potatoes, and … Read More
R&D Update – April 2018
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Research, Development & Extension (RD&E) is one of the four themes driving Potatoes New Zealand Inc (PNZ)’s strategic plan. The … Read More
Varying potato bed architecture to improve crop water use dynamics
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Alex Michel, Sarah Sinton and Steven Dellow, Plant & Food Research (PFR) Potato crops require high water supply and are … Read More