Content related to the topic: potatoes

The Potatoes Board has ended, and the Horticulture Board continues to oversee the wind down of the sector and EAMUs.

Managing the risk of blackleg and soft rot in potatoes

Index of levy-funded research projects & reports on blackleg and soft rot in potatoes

Also called roundworms or eelworms, discover which nematodes harm crops and which support a healthy soil ecosystem.

Find out how to identify and monitor wireworms across a wide variety of crops.

Learn about minor flea beetles, including the Wessex, striped, turnip, adult beet and flax flea beetles.

The potato aphid is widespread and affects potatoes, as well as lettuce, sugar beet and vegetable brassicas.

The willow–carrot aphid affects carrots, celery, parsnips, parsley and potatoes, and transmits viruses.

Leatherjackets (larvae of crane flies) damage the roots of a wide range of crops.

Cutworms, the larvae of various moth species, damage many horticultural crops, as well as potatoes and sugar beet.

Free-living nematodes can affect crops including carrots, potatoes and sugar beet causing yield reductions and reducing crop quality.

Find out about the species in the soil pest complex and how to manage them.