SAC Association of Potato Producers Conference
Seed potato growers need to refocus on their management of blackleg after the largest area of seed potato crops was downgraded or rejected for the disease since the early 1990s.
Turning potato seed boxes just as the seed eye opens could help boost tuber numbers in seed crops, Andrew Manfield, a Yorkshire seed potato grower, has found in initial trials.
Testing soil for powdery scab spore balls could help potato growers with field and variety selection.