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International Potato Group Meeting
This tour report details the International Potato Group Meeting, which saw three Australian delegates from the Australian potato industry travel to South Africa to learn … Read more
International R&D Workshop And Industry Extension Meetings On Common Scab Disease
Common scab disease is the greatest economic contraint facing the Australian French potato processing industry and an important disease worldwide wherever potatoes are grown. Between … Read more
Introduction Of French Fry Potato Cultivars To Australia
This project started in 1989 initially as a three-year project funded by voluntary contributions from Edgell-Birds Eye and McCain Australia with matching HRDC support. Thirty … Read more
Investigation On Common Scab Disease Of Potatoes And Development Of Control Methods
There has been uncertainty in the potato industry regarding the significance of common scab infected seed in commericial seed lines, and their potential for transmitting … Read more
Irrigation Management For Crisping Potato Growers In Southern Queensland
This project evaluates irrigation strategies of crisping potato producers and demonstrates irrigation scheduling using tensionmeters. This project sought to improve the irrigation management in crisping … Read more
Late Blight Management
A Pest Risk Analysis and a Pest-Specific Contingency Plan developed through this project will put Australia in good stead to deal with potential incursions of … Read more
Less Energy More Profit article
Infotech Research conducted a series of 22 energy audits of levy paying vegetable growers in 2014, as part of a project with Horticulture Innovation Australia … Read more
Maintenance of the national public invitro potato collection
The National public potato in vitro collection is maintained at ViCSPA, Toolangi with 94 cultivars/clones and at Stoney Rise, Devonport at the Tasmanian Institute of … Read more
Management Of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus In Potatoes
This paper investigates the factors affecting the prevalence of the Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV), the comparative resistance of potato cultivars, the effects of temperature … Read more
Management Options For Controlling Melon Thrips In Vegetable Crops
This trials conducted in this report aimed to establish the seasonal abundance of thrips particularly melon thrips in the autumn potato crop in order to … Read more
Management Strategy For Elimination Of Viruses From Certified Seed Potato Stocks In Tasmania
This project carries out an audit of current seed handling practices and provides recommendations to growers to control viruses. This information was used to refine … Read more
Managing And Implementing The National Potato Industry Communication Strategy
This project delivers a functional framework to ensure the communication function and the delivery of research and development (R&D) outcomes were converyed to Australian potato … Read more