Potatoes in Practice 2009
Around 650 growers, advisors, overseas visitors and industry representatives the UK’s premier potato field event, Potatoes in Practice, when it moved to a new venue for 2009. It was held at SCRI’s Balruddery Farm on Thursday 13 August 2009. The event brings together variety trials and research in one place and is a key date in the potato industry calendar.
Potatoes in Practice is sponsored by the Potato Council and features trials and demonstrations from SCRI, SAC, CSC Potato Care and the potato industry.
Seminars
Presentations given at seminars throughout the day can be found below.
- PDF file: ‘Control of Potato Cyst Nematodes: an update on the implementation of the new EU Directive’, Jon Pickup, SASA (432 KB)
- PDF file: ‘Store Management for Energy Efficiency’, Rod McGovern, SAC Consulting (84 KB)
- PDF file: ‘Prospects for protecting potatoes – responding to pesticide regulations’, Rob Clayton, Potato Council (480 KB)
- PDF file: ‘Onward into battle: Dickeya gets the upper hand’, Ian Toth, SCRI (2.73 MB)
Exhibitors
There was a wide range of exhibitors and seminar speakers at Potatoes in Practice 2009. Full details and abstracts from each can be found in the following.
- PDF file: Field trials and demonstrations (239 KB)
- PDF file: Marquee exhibitors (358 KB)
- PDF file: Machinery and outside exhibitors (101 KB)
- PDF file: Seminars (97 KB)
A copy of the site plan and marquee map can be found below.
- PDF file: Potatoes in Practice 2009 site plan (98 KB)
- PDF file: Marquee map (173 KB)
Potatoes in Practice 2009 location
Balruddery Farm
Invergowrie
Dundee
DD2 5LJ
Directions to Balruddery Farm and a location map can be found below and we would advise all visitors to follow these directions.
Please note the recommended route may differ from those recommended by a Sat Nav system. This route has been chosen due to narrow roads in the surrounding area, to minimise disruption to local traffic and to avoid a weight limited bridge.
