La papa en Latinoamérica (LA) es un cultivo con importancia social y económica, y constituye la base alimentaria de varios países. La variabilidad y el cambio climático incrementan la incertidumbre de los rendimientos que alcanzarán los cultivos. Modelos de simulación que permitan explicar los r...
The Technical Working Group (TWG) for Potato is the fourth one of the European Coexistence Bureau (ECoB) and is established for elaboration of the coexistence issues between genetically modified (GM) potato cultivation and non-GM potato and honey production in the EU. The present technical repor...
The report describes the efforts carried out by the Member States in line with Council Directives 93/85/EEC and 98/57/EC to detect and control outbreaks of two bacteria causing the diseases of ring rot and brown rot in the potato production sector of the EU. It includes the results of the survey...
This report presents the results of a proficiency test (PT) organised by the European Union Reference Laboratory for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (EURL-PAHs) in 2017 under its extended scope including process contaminants. The aim of this PT is to evaluate the ability of the European officia...
This report describes the preparation and certification of the potato powder Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) ERM-BF421a and ERM-BF421b, consisting of conventional and genetically modified EH92-527-1 potato powder, respectively. The CRMs were processed in 2005/2006 and were certified in 2006...
This report describes the production of two Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) ERM-BF435a and b. ERM-BF435a was certified to contain less than the limit of the detection (LOD) of the event-specific PH05-026-0048 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method applied. ERM-BF435b was certified for its g...
This report describes the processing and certification of five potato powder Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) containing different mass fractions of genetically modified (GM) AM04-1020 potato (ERM-BF430a, b, c, d, e). The materials were prepared and certified in 2010 and 2011 by the European...
This report describes the production of a set of Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) ERM-BF431a, b, c, d and e, matrix materials certified for their AV43-6-G7 mass fractions. The material has been produced following ISO Guide 34:2009 [1]. Genetically modified (GM) tubers of the potato event AV4...
