Powdery scab is a devastating pathogen affecting potato growers of Australia causing annual losses estimated to top $13.4 million annually. In issue 07 of PotatoLink magazine, Prof Calum Wilson from Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture reports on his 3-year project — Mechanisms and manipulation or resistance to powdery scab in potato roots.

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.