Researchers from the University of Lethbridge have been awarded nearly $250,000 through the Agriculture Funding Consortium to improve sustainable potato production by looking at ways to reduce disease in the field and in storage and to increase production while minimizing the use of resources.
Biology professor Dr. Larry Flanagan has received nearly $50,000 to test six types of potatoes used in fry and chip processing for their water-use efficiency under typical growth and irrigation practices in southern Alberta.
Flanagan: “Our research will benefit the potato industry in southern Alberta by providing new information to producers. The efficient use of water in crop production in an arid region like ours is an important goal for increasing sustainable potato production.”
Source: ulethbridge.ca