First late blight resistant potato confined field trials conclude in Bangladesh

First late blight resistant potato confined field trials conclude in Bangladesh.

Global Biotech Potato Partnership's first late blight resistant confined field trials conducted in Bangladesh were harvested in June. The trials, led by the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) were held at BARI research stations in Gazipur, Munshiganj, Rangpur, and Hathazari. Bangladesh ranks seventh in global potato production and crops are often destroyed by late blight disease. The disease resistant potato in the farmer preferred variety Diamant is expected to provide lower input costs for smallholder farmers when it is released.

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