Potato developments in a changing Europe / / edited by Norbert U. Haase, Anton J. Haverkort.

• TeilnehmendeR: Haase, Norbert U.; Haverkort, A. J.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (279 p.)
• Notes: Based on papers presented at a congress held Sept. 3-6, 2006 in Hameln, near Hannover.

Table of Contents

""Table of contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Challenges and opportunities of tomorrow's agricultural world""; ""The product and the association in transition - the mission of UNIKA""; ""Modern breeding practices""; ""Overview of biotechnological breeding possibilities""; ""Modern methods for modern potato breeding programmes""; ""Stacking of resistance genes in potato by cisgenesis instead of introgression breeding""; ""Sustainable and organic production""; ""Potatoes and the environment: An overview""

""Sustainable agriculture and food chain: Status quo and perspectives for the potato food chain""""French quality and environmental schemes: Meeting customer requirements- the potato sector's approach""; ""Agronomic strategies for the organic cultivation of potatoes for processing into high quality French fries and potato crisps""; ""Precision farming: Opportunities and limitations in potato farming""; ""Crop protection and fertilisation""; ""Relevant diseases in potato production""; ""Early blight: Effect of different parameters on the disease development""

""Effect of different forms and additional potassium fertilisation on yield and industrial quality of potatoes""""Calcium in potato growing""; ""Product quality and certification""; ""Potato quality: Getting the basics right""; ""Certification of ware potatoes and potatoes used for industrial processing in Poland""; ""Quality improvement and market development of ware and seed potato in Russia""; ""Trade of seed and ware potatoes""; ""Reproduction right of seed potatoes in Russia""; ""Risk Management: How to combine forwards with futures""; ""Consumer behaviour and marketing""

""How to think like consumers... and win!""""McDonald's Agricultural Assurance Programme""; ""Creating success in central and eastern Europe: Rocket science not needed!""; ""Issues of the potato industry per country""; ""Potato sector in Poland: From breeding to production""; ""Current trends in the Hungarian potato production""; ""The Czech potato crop in the European Union""; ""Actual state and future trends of the Romanian potato industry""; ""Potato in Estonia: Production and research""

""General information on the potato production, trade and perspectives of potato market development in Russia""""Changes on the German potato market""; ""Index""; ""Index""