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AA-Potato Storage Management Centre
Agriculture and Aquaculture - AA
Last Verified:
2008-01-30
This document is based on information from the Department of Agriculture and Aquaculture Web site as of January 2008.
The Potato Storage Management Centre is located adjacent to the Potato Development Centre at Wicklow, New Brunswick. This facility was established in 1982 to assist in the development of the New Brunswick Potato Industry, through research and demonstration activities related to storage management.
Eligibility Criteria
Potato growers, processors, agricultural chemical suppliers, consultants.Summary
The facility consists of a complete Potato Quality Testing Laboratory and includes eight individual storage compartments with separate temperature and humidity control systems. Each compartment is capable of handling material either in pallets or bulk for research or demonstration activities.
The Potato Quality Testing Laboratory provides quality testing and analysis of tuber sucrose and glucose levels as well as processing chip and fry color, in support of the Potato Storage Management Centre Research Program. The Potato Quality Testing Laboratory provides direct services to growers with chip/french fry color, tuber sugar, and specific gravity testing.
The Potato Storage Management Centre Research Program consists of cooperative and partnership research projects with industry, processors, growers, and other departments in the development of storage management guidelines and production profiles of new varieties.
For more information on the Potato Storage Management Centre, call 506-392-5199 or visit the Web site: http://www.gnb.ca/0029/10/0029100003-e.asp.
New Brunswick Contact(s):
Potato Storage Management Centre
Agriculture and Aquaculture
39 Barker Lane
Wicklow, New Brunswick
E7L 3S4
Telephone: 506-392-5199
Fax: 506-392-5102
Toll-free (information): 1-866-778-3762