News on Potato Varieties and Seed

Yawar, una papa encendida en sangre
June 11, 2015
Yawar, una papa encendida en sangre
La yawar fue una de las estrellas del Festival de la papa nativa, una fiesta popular con la que Lima cerraba el mes de mayo.
Maris Piper (Courtesy: Potato Council Variety Database / SASA)
June 10, 2015
The Quest to Engineer the Perfect Potato
Researchers in the United Kingdom aim for a new commercial potato that resists many of the worst vulnerabilities of potato crops around the world.
Snack Factory® Pretzel Crisps®
June 08, 2015
Snack Factory Pretzel Crisps achieve Non-GMO Project Verification
Snack Factory® Pretzel Crisps®, the world’s first flat-baked pretzel cracker, has announced that it has achieved Non-GMO Project Verification. Snack Factory will begin introducing Non-GMO Project Verified versions starting in Fall 2015.
A look at the Innate Potato by FrankenFoodFacts
June 08, 2015
A look at the Innate Potato by FrankenFoodFacts
The blog FrankenFoodFacts recently published a review of the Innate potato of Simplot Plant Sciences. This blog by Layla Katiraee, who holds a Ph.D. in molecular genetics and is a senior scientist at a biotech company, offers the most insightful review of the Innate Potato PotatoPro has seen so far.
VI Congreso Ecuatoriano de la Papa
May 26, 2015
VI Congreso Ecuatoriano de la Papa
Además del congreso habrá una feria de innovación y tecnología, una feria gastronómica y una rueda de negocios.
Purple potatoes
May 20, 2015
Purple: Are you familiar with truffle potatoes?
Belgian Potato Supplier Pomuni offers purple potatoes for years, but they are still unfamiliar to many. Pomuni brings purple potatoes in two flavours: Bergerac and Vitelotte.
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Tasteful Selection opens Green Potato Facility in California
May 17, 2015
Tasteful Selection opens Green Potato Facility in California
CSS, along with RPE, Carrollton, Texas-based Pro-Health® and Stevens Point, Wisconsin-based Plover River Farms Alliance, Inc. partnered together and opened a new, stainless steel, 200,000 square foot facility near Bakersfield dedicated to Tasteful Selections specialty potatoes.
Value of HZPC certificate increases with the maximum 10 percent
May 14, 2015
Value of HZPC certificate increases with the maximum 10 percent
The value of the certificate of HZPC Holland B.V., world leader in potato breeding and seed potato export, is determined on € 113.15 after the Stock trading day 2015.
Koers HZPC-certificaat stijgt met maximale 10 procent
May 14, 2015
Koers HZPC-certificaat stijgt met maximale 10 procent
De certificaatkoers van HZPC Holland bv, wereldleider in aardappelveredeling en pootgoedexport, is na Beursdag Mei 2015 vastgesteld op €113,15.
Syngenta response on Monsanto acquisition offer
May 14, 2015
Syngenta response on Monsanto acquisition offer
Syngenta reacts to the acquisition offer of Monsanto reported in the media in this response dated May 8, 2015
HZPC takes potato genome browsing to the next level
May 11, 2015
HZPC takes potato genome browsing to the next level
Ceres, Inc. (NASDAQ: CERE), an agricultural biotechnology company, today announced that the company has licensed its Persephone bioinformatics software to global seed potato developer, HZPC Holland BV.
Científicos exhortan a la acción para preservar parientes silvestres de papa
May 05, 2015
Científicos exhortan a la acción para preservar parientes silvestres de papa
Los parientes silvestres de los cultivos son especies de plantas silvestres que comparten un ancestro común con los cultivos. Mantienen un alto nivel de diversidad genética que los hace una fuente invalorable de materia prima para el mejoramiento de los cultivos. Sin embargo, su disponibilidad para fines de investigación depende la cobertura y estado de las colecciones de germoplasma mantenidas en los bancos genéticos.
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May 03, 2015
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La conferencia se realizará el 3 de septiembre de 2015 en las instalaciones de la Universidad de Wageningen. No tiene ningún costo pero los asistentes deben pagar su hotel y el desplazamiento aéreo y terrestre.
Personal del CIP participa en evaluación sensorial de nuevos clones de papa
April 30, 2015
Personal del CIP participa en evaluación sensorial de nuevos clones de papa
La aceptación del sabor y de la textura de nuevas variedades de papa es una condición de su éxito con los agricultores y consumidores. Con el fin de potenciar esta actividad, desde noviembre de 2014 el Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP) inició una nueva experiencia, involucrando a su propio personal no especializado en los estudios de evaluación sensorial.
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April 26, 2015
First Potato Brand in Belgium: Princesse Amadine by Pomuni
Pomuni, market leader in the Belgian table potatoes market, will this summer introduce the first potato brand in Belgium: Princesse Amadine
Sweet Potatoes are Genetically Modified - by nature
April 21, 2015
Sweet Potatoes are Genetically Modified - by nature
Researchers from Ghent University and the International Potato Center have discovered that sweet potatoes naturally contain genes from a bacterium. Because of the presence of this 'foreign' DNA, sweet potato can be seen as a 'natural gmo'.
Gert Jan Zonneveld Piek (left) and Niels van den Berg (right).
April 16, 2015
Colourful Perupas for the first time in Dutch restaurants
Fresh-food specialist for the hotel and restaurant industry Rungis and HZPC are bringing the ancient potato varieties from the Andes back on to the plate in Dutch restaurants.
Liberan nueva variedad de papa en Perú
April 15, 2015
Liberan nueva variedad de papa en Perú
Constituye una alternativa tecnológica con resistencia al tizón tardío, buena productividad y altos valores nutricionales.

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