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R287 PCN - DNA-based Detection Systems
Aim: To develop rapid, DNA-based diagnostics to quantify the amount of Globodera pallida and/or G. rostochiensis in a soil sample.Current methods to detect and identify the potato cyst nematodes,... -
R294 Skin Spot Diagnostics
Aim: To determine if DNA-based diagnostics can be developed for Polyscytalum pustulans and can be used to identify stocks with a high risk of developing skin spot.Although the skin spot pathogen may... -
R270 Volunteer Control LINK
Aim: To develop a system to detect volunteer potatoes in vegetable crops and deliver a targetted application of herbicide to the volunteers.The project began as feasiblity study, funded by HDC and... -
R248 Common Scab Review - Non-water Control Measures
Aim: To review the non-water based control options for potato common scab.In 2004, The AHDB Potatoes commissioned a review of the non-water based control options for potato common scab. A workshop... -
807/211 Biology & Control of Powdery Scab
Aim: To provide a better understanding of the epidemiology of powdery scab and to evaluate the effectiveness of a range of chemical, biological and cultural treatments.This project, which was jointly... -
R269 Managing the decline of PCN
Aim: To understand the factors that affect PCN decline rates between potato crops, and to evaluate the potential for the development of a biological control agent for PCN.Much of the previous... -
R268 Wireworms - Long-term Sustainable Management (LINK)
Aim: To provide tools for the sustainable management of wireworms, including novel control options that can be used independently, or be integrated with pesticide use.Industry ChallengeThe incidence... -
R274 Survey of GB Late Blight Populations
Aim: To monitor the occurrence of the A2 late blight mating type in GB. This project builds on previous work that monitored the occurrence of the A2 mating type in GB. The work... -
R247 Importance of PMTV in Scottish Seed
Aim: To improve the understanding of PMTV in terms of:transmission rate, disease development, yield and quality and the role of the powdery scab fungus (Spongospora subterranea) in infection.PMTV has... -
807/232 Rhizoctonia Diagnostics and Epidemiology
Aim: To provide growers with a risk assessment tool for disease development caused by soil-borne R. solani AG3 from which control strategies can be decided.Black scurf is a blemish disease of potato...
