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AUSVEG Webinar: Potato Mop-Top Virus in Tasmania

Date: Friday the 29th August 2025

Time: 4:00 - 5:00 pm AEST

Delivered via: Microsoft teams

Registration: Click here to register

Join AUSVEG for a webinar on Potato mop-top virus (PMTV) and the current situation in Tasmania. Hear from leading experts on the response, lessons from New Zealand, and strategies for managing the disease and its relationship to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranean).

Featuring:

  • The current situation in Tasmania, including the government’s biosecurity protocols and management strategies with Susanna Driessen, (Chief Plant Protection Officer of Tasmania);

  • Insights and lessons learned from the PMTV response and management experiences in NZ with Iain Kirkwood (Potatoes NZ);

  • The science of the virus and diagnostics for PMTV supporting seed certification with Nigel Crump (AuSPICA);

  • The role of Tasmanian seed potato certification in supporting the response in Tasmania with Doug Clark (Tas Seed);

  • The link between powdery scab and PMTV and how an integrated management program can help control both with Calum Wilson, a leading expert on powdery scab.

Register via this link.

Contact AUSVEG for more information: 03 9882 0277 info@ausveg.com.au

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