Web Directory

» Assured Produce Protocol for Potatoes
   Producing crops in accordance with these standards allows growers to sell produce to any supermarket or processor in the UK. Information on site selection, site management, variety selection, nutrition, irrigation, crop protection, harvesting and storage.
   http://www.assuredproduce.co.uk/resources/000/255/265/Potatoes1.pdf

» Briefing Room - Potatoes
   USDA provides an overview of potato production in the US, the background, trade and the market outlook. It also produces a newsletter and recommends certain on-line publications.
   http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/Potatoes/

» EuroBlight
   A European network of scientists and other specialists working on potato late blight
   http://www.euroblight.net/

» Growing Potato Plants
   In depth article on small scale planting, cultivation and harvesting of potatoes. Potato pests and diseases fully described.
   http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/fruit_veg_diary/fruit_veg_mini_project_november_1_potato.asp

» International Potato Center (CIP)
   Works to enhance the cultivation, yield, processing, and consumption of potatoes, sweetpotato and other Andean roots and tubers that are in danger of extinction.
   http://www.cipotato.org/

» Mountain Valley Produce And Potato Seed
   Based in Colorado. Photographic tour of seed potato farm, potato variety growing guidelines, recipes and cooking tips, lettuce farming operation tour, and history of the potato.
   http://www.mvproduce.com/

» Post-harvest Management: Potato
   Provides information on harvesting, transport, threshing, drying, cleaning, packaging and storage.
   http://www.fao.org/inpho/content/compend/text/ch17.htm#TopOfPage

» Potato Grower Magazine Online
   The official web site of Potato Grower Magazine. Information on chemical producers, equipment manufacturers, blight, irrigation equipment, and advertising information.
   http://www.potatogrower.com/

» Quantum Tubers Corporation, Delavan, Wisconsin
   A global company making an advance in seed potato production through biotechnology for pathogen-free, virus-free, potato minitubers.
   http://www.quantumtubers.com

» Spudman, Voice of the Potato Industry
   Online version of print magazine provides the latest industry news, an up to date calendar of events, a complete industry product guide, and a directory of potato-related links.
   http://www.spudman.com/

» The European Cultivated Potato Database
   Online listing of cultivated varieties of potato, their history and characteristics.
   http://www.europotato.org/

» The Potato Then and Now
   Compendium of information on potato growing techniques, potato cultivation in history, and science and technology in potato production.
   http://collections.ic.gc.ca/potato/

» Ubi7
   News on a friendly potato gene known as ubiquitin7. Agricultural Research Service researchers snipped part of the gene, hooked it onto a soft-rot-fighting gene, and inserted this new combination into experimental 'potatoes'.
   http://www.ars.usda.gov//is/AR/archive/jan98/tool0198.htm