The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), is a public research university located in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. It serves as the flagship campus of the University of Alaska System.
Alaska Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, one of UAF's seven research units, has concentrated its research on introducing vegetable cultivars appropriate to Alaska and developing adapted cultivars, including potatoes.
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Enero 13, 2014
UAF scientist veers toward potato research when life brings a detour
Jenifer Huang McBeath of the University of Alaska Fairbanks has been researching biological controls and developing environmentally friendly methods for farmers to combat plant diseases since 1985. She never intended to switch her focus to potatoes...
Octubre 07, 2011
University of Alaska pursuing first plant patent for potato variety
Golden birch trees marked the edge of Greg Kalal's fields, but the dentist-turned-farmer was more interested in hues beneath the soil on his land south of Mount McKinley. Among the thousands of colorful potatoes — from yellow German Butterballs to Mag...
Octubre 04, 2011
Scientists look for source of Alaska potato blight
Potato late blight, that same disease that caused the Irish Potato Famine, resurfaced in Alaska this fall. This wasn’t the first time the disease, widespread in the Lower 48 and worldwide, came to Alaska. Plant pathologist Jenifer McBeath suspects it...
Septiembre 01, 2011
Late blight hits potatoes in Alaska
Late blight has shown up in the fields of two potato producers, in Palmer and Delta Junction. Alaska. The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service is working with major potato producers to help prevent the spread.Información de Contacto
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