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| Lammerts van Bueren, E.T.; Janmaat, Leen; Zeelenberg, Arend. |
| In the Netherlands the organic sector keeps growing, but organic potato production is lagging behind. This is due to the relatively high disease pressure from Phytophthora infestans, which causes foliage and tuber late blight. For organic potato growers this disease still forms a major cropping risk. In the potato breeding programme Bioimpuls, the Louis Bolk Institute and Wageningen UR are working together with breeding companies and farmer-breeders to develop robust cultivars that are resistant to Phytophthora. Thanks to these new cultivars, organic growers now have more chance of yield security. The next step is to collaborate with organic wholesalers and retailers to make sure that the new cultivars reach the shop shelves and consumers’ plates. In the... |
| Tipo: Other |
Palavras-chave: Breeding; Genetics and propagation. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/28345/1/2974.pdf |
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| Nuijten, E.; Zeelenberg, Arend; Janmaat, Leen; Lammerts van Bueren, E.T.. |
| Organic production requires novel, robust cultivars especially for crops such as apple, grape, tomato and potato which are very disease susceptible and are often protected by copper compounds. The European project CO-FREE aims to develop innovative methods, tools and concepts for the replacement of copper to reduce the use of copper in organic farming systems. One key strategy is the introduction of resistant cultivars. However, previous studies have shown that the introduction of novel cultivars often meets substantial obstacles as retailers’ and/or consumers’ awareness has to be generated in order to open the market. Resistance is an important issue for farmers but not immediately appealing for consumers as they are hardly aware of the fact that current... |
| Tipo: Other |
Palavras-chave: Markets and trade Breeding; Genetics and propagation Crop health; Quality; Protection. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/28344/1/2975.pdf |
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