Potato Review

NEWS GRIMME SELECT 200 2 Row Trailed Harvester The GRIMME SELECT 200 really impresses with advanced features including Active Steering, Ridge pressure control with TerraTronic; Infinitely variable main web drives with reversible VarioDrive; A huge choice of separation systems with the ultimate combination of TurboSep – a double separator plus blower and a transport width that’s less than 3 metres! GRIMME UK Ltd. www.grimme.co.uk Both of these harvesters are available for demo this season. NEXT GENERAT I Scan the QR code to find out more Sprout suppressant receives GB authorisation 1,4SIGHT (1,4-Dimethylnapthalene or DMN), a sprout suppressant for stored potatoes, is now approved for use in Great Britain, its manufacturer, DormFresh, has announced. DMN was first discovered as a natural volatile given o€ by potatoes. It is suitable for both the fresh and the processing sector, in all storage types and conditions. DormFresh Technical Manager Ajay Jina, who previously worked at Sutton Bridge Crop Storage Research (SBCSR), said: “Its approval without restrictions means that growers will have an important new option in their toolbox for sprout control over a full storage season. This is an important step forward for the GB potato sector.” Applied as a hot fog, 1,4SIGHT does not just burn o€ the sprouts, it will stop their formation and put the tubers into a dormant state he said. “This results in less weight loss during storage, and potatoes come out of store looking almost the same as when they went in.” First identified by Dr Harry Duncan who discovered its stand- alone properties, 1,4SIGHT® has been in commercial use since 1996. It is currently approved in 23 European countries, the United States, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand and Brazil. From lab to eld: 30 countries bene t WORK by the International Potato Centre (CIP) to reduce hunger and malnutrition, boost farmer resilience, and catalyse income improvements generated benefits for men and women in more than 30 countries last year. The organisation’s newly-published annual report details the achievements and gives a sense of how CIP harnessed scientific work to improve lives and livelihoods globally. Its success stories include partnerships to ensure more growers benefit from the agrobiodiversity safeguarded in the CIP genebank; CIP-developed software that facilitates the prediction and better management of crop pests under climate change; and collaborations that are increasing access to robust, resilient and nutritious potato and sweetpotato varieties. The report illustrates how CIP shares innovations and knowledge that improved the lives of hundreds of thousands of vulnerable women and men in 2021 and will likely impact millions more in the coming years. Interim Director General Oscar Ortiz said he was proud of CIP’s contributions to progress toward zero hunger, no poverty and food system transformation and grateful to all partners and stakeholders. The report can be downloaded at www.cipotato.org/annualreport2021/