Potatoes in Practice 2008
More than 700 people braved the very wet and muddy weather to attend Potatoes in Practice on Thursday 7 August 2008 at SCRI’s Gourdie Farm near Dundee.
Potatoes in Practice brings together variety trials and research in one place at one time, making it the premier field potato event in the UK. It is sponsored by the Potato Council and supported by Potato Review and features trials and demonstrations from SCRI, SAC and CSC Potato Care.
Input from the potato industry has expanded the event year on year bringing it to a new level of success, with attendees including growers, advisors, overseas visitors and industry representatives.
The following day SCRI and its commercial subsidiary Mylnefield Research Services hosted the Improving International Potato Production conference in Dundee to mark International Year of the Potato.
Field trial summary
A summary of the field trial results from 2008 is below.
Programme and seminars
Full details of the 2008 programme can be found below.
The following seminars were given at the event.
- PDF file: Aphids as virus vectors (1.91 MB), presented by Gaynor Malloch, SCRI
- PDF file: Carbon footprinting of crop production (243 KB), presented by Jonathan Hillier, University of Aberdeen
- PDF file: Potatoes - a choice for life (2.87 MB), presented by Kathryn Race, Potato Council
Exhibitors
Companies display their products at Potatoes in Practice in a field plot, the marquee or, for machinery, an outside stand beside the marquee. Contact details of companies who attended this year's event and abstracts on their displays are contained in the following documents.
- Word file: Field Plots (192 KB)
- Word file: Marquee Exhibitors (78.5 KB)
- Word file: Machinery Exhibitors (44.5 KB)
Potatoes in Practice 2009
Potatoes in Practice 2009 will be be held at SCRI's Balruddery Farm on Thursday 13 August 2009.
