Event details
Date: Thursday 20 August 2026
Time: 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Location: SARDI, 2B Hartley Grove, Urrbrae, South Australia
Registration: For further information and to register your interest in the workshop, please contact Michael Rettke at michael.rettke@sa.gov.au by Monday, 10 August 2026. Please note there is a fee for the course.
The South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) are holding a training and accreditation course on PREDICTA Pt. The course is available to agronomists, potato growers and processors wishing to use or deliver the DNA diagnostic testing service for soil-borne pathogens of potatoes.
Participants will be provided with a manual that covers the information presented and a soil corer for PREDICTA Pt sampling.
Topics covered
The course will cover the strategies and processes to sample paddocks, along with the interpretation of PREDICTA Pt results. For each pathogen included in the PREDICTA Pt service, the following will be provided:
Information on symptoms and basic biology
The importance of inoculum and factors conducive to disease
An overview of possible management strategies.