Chinese presence highlights growing relationship with JHL

Representatives from China’s Xisen Potato Industry Group attended Potatoes in Practice for the third successive year.

James Hutton Limited (JHL) is working with Xisen on large-scale potato trials of the Sulan 1 tubers across China.

These trials are now being assessed and JHL is now set to contribute potato genetic material in anticipation of the next stage of the work.

JHL commercial director Dr Jonathan Snape said: “We are delighted that Dr Hu Baigeng, Xisen’s head of management, is here again for further planning and discussions.

“The collaboration may be the vanguard of a larger development in China and we are working on it with Innovate UK and Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

“Hutton experts will be speaking at a joint scientific workshop on potatoes at the Academy in September.”