Introduction / Background. Wisconsin continues to be a leader in the production of commercial tablestock and processing potatoes as well as seed in the US averaging over 77,000 K acres through the 5 year interval 2001 through 2005 (USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2006). Total farm gate value of the potato industry in the state has been valued at just over 201 M dollars per year ...

This research updates the acrylamide content of commercial potato crisps marketed in Spain with the aim to evaluate its trend since 2004. Two different batches of 40 potato crisps brands from 18 producers were analysed. Acrylamide content ranged from 108 to 2180 µg/kg, with an average value of 630 µg/kg and a median of 556 µg/kg. Data revealed a continuous decreased trend from 2004 to 2014. In ...

Hortic. bras., v. 22, n. 2, abr.-jun. 2004 C potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is one of the most important vegetable crop of Brazil and the world’s fourth most important crop (Solomon-Blackbourn & Barker, 2001). In 2002, Brazil produced 3,126,411 t of potato with an average yield of 19,4 kg/ ha (IBGE, 2002). Potato is a tetraploid species and the use of its botanical seeds in commercial cultivatio...

Fumigation for nematode management in irrigated potato production systems of Idaho is widely practiced. Soil injection is the only labeled application method for 1,3-dichloropropene that is conventionally applied on a whole-field basis. Plant-parasitic nematode species exhibit spatially variable population densities that provide an opportunity to practice site-specific fumigation to reduce chem...

The aim of this study was to examine factors affecting adoption of mini-tuber seed potato. Survey research design was used in this study. A sample of 100 potato growers who were informed about mini-tuber was selected and divided into adopter and non-adopter groups. Questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection and was validated by a panel of experts. A pilot study was conducted f...

BACKGROUND Emeritus Campbell-Bascom Professor Stanley J. Peloquin was an internationally renowned plant geneticist and breeder who made exceptional contributions to the quantity, quality and sustainable supply of food for the world from his innovative and extensive scientific contributions. For five decades, Dr Peloquin merged basic research in plant reproduction, cytology, cytogenetics, geneti...

To feed a growing population, agricultural productivity needs to increase dramatically. Agricultural extension information, with its public, non-rival nature, is generally undersupplied, and public provision remains challenging. In this study, simple agricultural extension video messages, delivered through Android tablets, were tested in the field to determine if they increased farmers' knowled...

Cell Suspension Culture, Somatic Embryo Genetic and Synthetic Seed Production in Different Cultivars of Potato

BACKGROUND Orange-fleshed sweet potato is an efficacious source of vitamin A. Substituting wheat flour with orange-fleshed sweet potato in processed products could reduce foreign exchange outlays, create new markets for producers, and result in increased vitamin A consumption among consumers provided there is adequate retention of beta-carotene during processing. OBJECTIVE To explore whether ...