Potatoes

30 October 2024

Potato leafminer grower guide: English, Vietnamese

Three new species of Liriomyza leafminer flies are now present in Australia: American Serpentine Leafminer (ASLM (Liriomyza trifolii)) Serpentine Leafminer (SLM (Liriomyza huidobrensis)) Vegetable Leafminer (VLM (Liriomyza sativae)) […]
1 April 2023

Fact Sheet: Potato Virus Y (PVY, PVY-NTN)

Potato virus Y (PVY) infects many Solanaceous plants including potato, tomato, pepper, eggplant and weeds such as Solanum nigrum (nightshade). The virus has many strains and […]
30 August 2024

Cool vegetable research

Many of our favourite and most profitable vegetable crops grow in the cooler regions of Australia. So, it’s no surprise that the Hort Frontiers funded research […]
20 October 2024

Fact Sheet: Colorado potato beetle

LarvaeColorado potato beetle (CPB; Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say, 1824) isglobally considered to be one of the most economically damaging pests tothe potato industry and is one of […]
5 February 2025

Fact sheet: Guava root-knot nematode

Guava root-knot nematode (GRKN, Meloidogyne enterolobii) was detected in Australia in late 2022. This microscopic pest, primarily found in tropical regions, has rapidly spread around the […]