Projektsuche

HESPA – Securing Seed Potato Production in Hesse – Maintaining and Strengthening Hessian Seed Potato Production with Threshold Values and Practical Approaches

Authority

Hessisches Ministerium für Landwirtschaft und Umwelt, Weinbau, Forsten, Jagd und Heimat

Federal State

Hesse

Contact

Mainzer Straße 80
65189 Wiesbaden

Website: External link to the authority

Project Title

HESPA – Securing Seed Potato Production in Hesse – Maintaining and Strengthening Hessian Seed Potato Production with Threshold Values and Practical Approaches

Project description

The spread of the reed glassy-winged leafhopper (SGFZ) is increasingly threatening potato production in Hesse and Germany. The insect can transmit pathogens that may cause severe yield losses and quality problems in seed potatoes. The project aims to secure seed potato production in Hesse despite increasing SGFZ infestation. The pathogens PHYPSO and ARSEPH will be quantitatively analysed by qPCR at the level of individual tubers. Seed potato quality will be assessed by combining pathogen concentrations with germination behaviour. Based on field trials and laboratory analyses, the project will determine a tolerable pathogen concentration in seed potatoes. The results will provide farms with greater planning security for on-farm propagation and seed production and create a reliable data basis for further technical and policy decisions.

Final report

Results and the Final report will be found here, as soon as the project is completed.

Keywords

  • Pest/disease control in plants
  • AKIS, incl. advice, training, on-farm demo, interactive innovation projects
  • Arable crops
  • Competitiveness/new business models

Main funding source

Rural development 2023-2027 for Operational Groups (in the sense of Art 127 of Reg. 2021/2115)

OG contact information

Res Naturae QSV GmbH
Stolberger Str. 1
65205 Wiesbaden

Phone: +49 (0)6122 / 980655

Email: info@res-naturae.de

Type of OG partners

  • Farmer
  • Industry

Begin of project

2026

Project status

ongoing

Total budget applied for in EUR

600,000

NUTS3 CODE

DE714 – Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt

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