An interactive panel session with some of the PotatoLink team, Peter O’Brien, Peter Philp, Tim Walker and Nigel Crump on disease management, nutrition management, weed control, and more.

As part of the 2022 AuSPICA conference in Ballarat, PotatoLink held a research and development forum. It was comprised of Hort Innovation funded projects that are currently running or had just recently been completed.

This webinar, delivered by Dr Robert Tegg from the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, at The University of Tasmania, focused on pink rot of potatoes. Dr Tegg provided an overview of the pathogen causing pink rot, highlighted the characteristics most favourable for the disease and its symptoms in potatoes.

This webinar on tomato potato psyllid (TPP) and zebra chip was delivered by Dr Melinda Moir, senior laboratory scientist in entomology at the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), and John Jackson, director of Potatoes New Zealand.

In this webinar, Dr Len Tesoriero gave an overview of the symptoms and causes, disease occurrence and spread and the biology of the bacterial causal pathogens. Followed by Dr Nigel Crump who discussed management biosecurity and seed certification.

Dr Phillip Wharton from Idaho University delivered this webinar on rot diseases in potatoes including Pink Rot, Leak (Pythium), Dry Rot and Soft Rot. It looked at the biology of the pathogens, symptoms and management options.

Join the PotatoLink team and guest speakers, Steven Johnson, Crop Specialist and Extension Professor from the University of Maine USA, and Rudolf de Boer, Senior Research Scientist at Agriculture Victoria, for the next webinar in the disease series - Late blight (Phytophthora infestans).

Join the PotatoLink webinar on Black dot (Colletotrichum coccodes) presented by Dr Julie Pasche, associate professor from North Dakota State University and plant pathologist Len Tesoriero from the NSW Department of Primary Industries.

This webinar presented by Dr Jenny Ekman from Applied Horticultural Research (AHR), and the WA Potato Growers Association’s Simon Moltoni will provide valuable insight into bruising of potatoes during and after harvest.

Dr Jenny Ekman from Applied Horticultural Research (AHR), Maarten van Delden from Tolsma Australia and Dr Nigel Crump from the Australian Seed Potato Industry Certification Authority (AuSPICA) talk about the importance of correct seed potato storage, optimal storage processes and conditions and management of physiological age.

Potato grower, Darren Long and Dr Kelvin Montagu talk all things cover crops and discuss how they can assist with building up soil health – including practical tips & tricks!

In this PotatoLink Disease Webinar series No. 2, join Jacquie van der Waals, Associate Professor, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria South Africa as she discusses symptoms, epidemiology & management of Early Blight & Brown Spot.

PotatoLink team member Frank Mulcahy discusses historical mapping and crop conformance, redictive crop modelling, pioneering Variable Rate Irrigation (VRI) on farm and results from finished 2 year project on spatial variability in potato crops.

Watch this panel discussion and the last soil biology masterclass with potato growers across Australia and see many of your questions answered.

The third soil biology masterclass was delivered by PotatoLink team member Marc Hinderager, looking into nitrogen availability in potato and cover crops, and its impact on soil biology.

In this second soil biology masterclass, Dr. Calum Wilson explains about the good, the bad and ugly ones in the soil and how they interact, and what you can do to keep them in balance to protect your potato crop.

The first soil biology masterclass was delivered by Dr. Kelvin Montagu, looking at the linkage between key soil functions and soil biology, and the interactions between plant roots and soil biology.

In this PotatoLink Disease Webinar Series No 1, research scientist, Dr Tonya Wiechel, provided an overview of a 10-year integrated disease management program showcasing the team’s investigations into common scab.

The 2-hour masterclass aims to provide potato growers and advisers with the understanding they need to improve soil biology, potato yields and their bottom line.

Albert Schirring covers the role of biologicals in soil health and the opportunities in enhancing crop productivity in potatoes.