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• EnviroNews: Concern over planned release of GM potato in East Africa (
  

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  FruitNet: Plans for GM potato trial under fire (17th April 2019)
  

• Independent Science News: Hidden Health Dangers: A Former Agbiotech Insider Wants His GMO Crops Pulled (8th October 2018)
  

• ChileBio: Argentina autorizo su primera papa transgenica: es resistente a un problematico virus (15th August 2018)
  

• AgriLand: Tillage focus: GM potato study - see the results here (15th May 2018)
  

• Grainews: Acreage low, stewardship high for GE potatoes (11th July 2017)
  

• Fresh Plaza: Bangladesh officials worry GM potatoes may result in export ban (19th January 2017)
  

• GovDelivery: USDA Announces Extension of Deregulation to Two GE Potato Lines (28th October 2016)
  

• AgNet: Preliminary Extension of Deregulation to Two GE Potato Lines (22nd September 2016)
  

• Permaculture: Naturally Blight Resistant Potato Varieties Discovered (26th April 2016)
  

• Permaculture: Naturally Blight Resistant Potato Varieties Discovered (26th April 2016)
  

• Financial Post: One hot potato: Inside P.E.I's brewing battle over an 'environmentally friendly' GMO spud (15th April 2016)
  

• The Guardian (Prince Edward Island): New GMO potato not well received by some Islanders (7th April 2016)
  

• The Ecologist: Campaigners' No to UK field trials of GM potatoes, oilseeds (7th April 2016)
  

• Dhaka Tribune: Genetically modified potato likely to be released this year (29th February 2016)
  

• New York Times: F.D.A. Approves a Genetically Engineered Potato (13th January 2016)
  

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  AgriLand: Teagasc GM potato research not affected by EU national opt-outs (7th October 2015)
  

• IoL: SA snubs GM potatoes (23rd September 2015)
  

• Irish Central: Potato genetically engineered to resist blight that plagued Irish during Great Hunger (4th September 2015)
  

• PotatoPro: Durable resistance to Late Blight requires Gene Stacking (20th August 2015)
  

• The Irish Times: The digging that got to the roots of potato blight (13th August 2015)
  

• New Age: GM potato to be commercially cultivated in a year (29th July 2015)
  

• North West Public Radio: Feds Consider Second Genetically Engineered Potato Out Of Idaho (6th May 2015)
  

• Fresh Plaza: Colombia develops genetically modified potato (23rd April 2015)
  

• SwissInfo: Swiss authorities green light GM potato trial (21st April 2015)
  

• Farmers Weekly: US fast food giants reject newly approved GM potatoes (19th January 2015)
  

• MPR News: GMO potatoes have arrived. But will anyone buy them? (13th January 2015)
  

• Daily Mail: Not-so-hot potato: McDonald's refuses to use Simplot's genetically modified spuds (17th November 2014)
  

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  The Ecologist: Potato blight - there's no need for GMOs! (10th June 2014)
  

• Farmers Weekly: Conventional potato varieties resist PCN and blight (9th April 2014)
  

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  Farmers Guardian: Scientists develop blight resistant GM potato (17th February 2014)
  

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  The Grocer: Blight-resistant potato reignites GM debate (17th February 2014)
  

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