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20 July 2012

Potato Pink Rot Control In Field And Storage

Project report
Pests diseases and biosecurity and On-farm and crop management
Potatoes and Solanaceous vegetables
20 July 2012

Potato Pink Rot Control In The South East Of South Australia

Project report
Pests diseases and biosecurity
Potatoes and Solanaceous vegetables
20 July 2012

Potato Tuber Quality Management In Relation To Environmental And Nutritional Stress

Project report
Environment and Productivity
Potatoes and Solanaceous vegetables
20 July 2012

Potato Usage In The Australian Food Service Sector

Market study
Industry development and communication and Market development
Potatoes and Solanaceous vegetables
20 July 2012

Potato Value Chain Analysis

Project report
Industry development and communication and Postharvest and supply chain
Potatoes and Solanaceous vegetables
20 July 2012

Potato Varietal Evaluation For Western Australia’s Fresh And Export Markets

Project report
International trade and markets, Varieties and breeding and more
Potatoes and Solanaceous vegetables
20 July 2012

Potato Variety Evaluation For Local, Export And Processing Marketing Western Australia

Project report
International trade and markets, Industry development and communication and more
Potatoes and Solanaceous vegetables
20 July 2012

Potato Variety Evaluation, Commercialisation And Adoption: Interim Project

Project report
Industry development and communication and Varieties and breeding
Potatoes and Solanaceous vegetables
20 July 2012

Potato Variety Improvement In New South Wales

Project report
Varieties and breeding
Potatoes and Solanaceous vegetables
20 July 2012

Potatoes – management strategies for pests and diseases

Fact sheet
Pests diseases and biosecurity, Varieties and breeding and more
Beans, Potatoes and more

Control of pests and diseases in potato crops can be achieved using biological, cultural, and/or chemical methods. Control is not exclusively dependent on the use of agricultural chemicals and more industries are gradually appreciating the benefits of an integrated approach, where both chemical and non-chemical treatments are used in an overall control strategy. Cost-effective, safe strategies for pest and diseases control are essential to maintain production efficiency and quality. Current crop management techniques can be some of the simplest control methods. They include practices such as irrigation at strategic times in the growing season, rolling the soil to prevent cracks from forming or just good crop hygiene.