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Programme

Programme

The 2024 programme:

 

9am – 3.30pm

Press breakfast 8am – 9am

 

Seminar times:

Seminar session 1: 10.30 – 11.00: Supporting our future industry

The National Potato Innovation Centre: Grower concerns and potential solutions (Speaker: Ian Toth, James Hutton Institute) 

GB Potatoes: An update (Speaker: Mark Taylor, GB Potatoes Chair)

Seed Potato Organisation: An update (Speaker: Mark Clark, Seed Potato Organisation)

 

Session 2: 11.30 – 12.00: Virus, the problem and how to control it. 

Virus – an agronomy perspective (Speaker: Graham Tomlin, VCS Potatoes)

Breeding for virus resistance (Speaker: Drummond Todd, James Hutton Limited) 

 

Seminar session 3: 13:30 – 14:00: Innovation in potato 

B-Hive Innovations: Accelerating Innovation in Agriculture (Speaker: Mercedes Torres Torres, B-Hive Innovations)

Future Proofing Potato Production: Agri-Tech Approaches to Cultivation, Crop Protection and Storage

(Speaker: Alexander McCormack, UK Agri-Tech Centre – UK ATC) 

 

Seminar session 4: 14:30 – 15:00 Late blight and an update to fungicide guidelines  

Fight against blight (Speaker: David Cooke, James Hutton Institute)

An update to fungicide resistance guidelines (Speaker: Faye Richie, ADAS) 

 

Demonstrations of plots and machinery available all day.

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