Date: Friday, 6 September
Time: 10:00 am - 12:30 pm (followed by refreshments)
Location: Bridgeport Hotel
2 Bridge St, Murray Bridge, SA
Registration: Click here to register
(Please register as numbers are required for catering)
We are touring Australia’s potato growing regions with international potato pathologist, Dr Phillip Wharton (University of Idaho). Join us for an in-person interactive workshop, where you'll hear about breakthrough technology being developed to reduce diseases in storage, gain knowledge and practical skills of common diseases and explore trends and global changes in control products.
Topics:
The potential of 2E-Hexenal
Learn about the recent large-scale storage trials on the groundbreaking potential of 2E-hexenal in potato storage, and how this plant-derived volatile compound, known for its potent antifungal properties, offers a promising alternative to conventional fungicides.Black dot and Verticillium
Deep dive into this significant disease, including a detailed look at Verticillium and Rhizoctonia.Blackleg and soft rot pathogens
Remains a critical issue in the field, with significant implications for storage stability. Understand the threats posed by Pectobacterium and explore management and control options to protect crops.The changing landscape of the Australian potato industry
Explore current trends, industry shifts, and the impact of global changes on variety and control products.Sprout suppressants
Hear about the use of CIPC and 1,4SIGHT® MH, with a particular focus on the significance of 1,4SIGHT® MH considering the upcoming changes with CIPC. We will explore lessons learned from Europe and the US and discuss 1,4SIGHT® research and key findings.R&D Idea session
Chaired by Jason Hingston Hort Innovation
Jason will lead the group in a session to get ideas and input for potential future Hort Innovation funded project. This session will be an open discussion on all topics except for diseases.
The workshop will end with refreshments and the opportunity to talk with experts and fellow growers.
For more information, please contact: Peter Philp | 0419 654 245 | peterp@potatolink.com.au
Meet the host:
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Peter Philp has worked in horticultural nutrition, crop protection, variety development and potato seed management for more than 30 years. Peter previously held the role of Agronomy Manager with PepsiCo Australia and New Zealand, managing sustainable supply to factories in SA and WA. The role also managed the potato seed pipeline, variety assessment and variety qualification with links to global support.
In 2015 Peter established Philp Horticultural Services, which specialises in crop nutrition, variety development and potato seed dormancy. His projects have included market development, nutrition and variety management in fresh market, processing and seed potatoes across Australia, New Zealand and overseas. The projects deliver innovative crop system development, sustainable quality and improved efficiency in potato yield and profitability.
Peter will be the regional representative for PotatoLink in South Australia as well as the key contact for the processing (crisps) sector.
Meet the speaker:
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Dr. Phillip Wharton is currently Associate Professor of potato pathology at the University of Idaho (USA). The University of Idaho is a key hub in US potato research with Idaho producing in 2016, 6.3 million tonnes ($USD 968 million), making up approximately 30% of US’s potato crop.
In addition to Dr. Wharton’s extensive research experience at Purdue University (USA) and Michigan State University (USA), since 2004 Dr. Wharton has focused his efforts on diseases of potatoes including Rhizoctonia, Fusarium dry rot, late blight and other diseases of potatoes. He has also worked on international potato projects including helping Idaho potato growers increase their exports to Asia (Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia etc.) and developing late blight resistant potatoes in Indonesia and Bangladesh.
Dr. Wharton’s areas of specialisation include plant pathology, disease forecasting, fungicide resistance, plant disease resistance and the biology of host-pathogens interactions of fungal diseases on potatoes.