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THURSDAY, JAN. 5 | Potato Talks on the Expo Stage
impacts of soil health strategies in potato
systems. We will cover topics related to
rotation and economics, soil borne disease
severity, impact of external inputs, and more
important mitigation of negative effects on
potato production. We will discuss strategies
to improve soil quality without compromising
yield and quality.
* Edwin Suarez, Senior Agronomist, Koch
Agronomic Services
2:50pm-3:10pm
What's New for Bacterial Soft Rot?
Bacterial soft rot affects potato plants
and tubers anytime during the growing and
storage season. A five-year SCRI grant to
integrate new technologies for blackleg and
soft rot management ends this year. This
panel session will summarize results and
learnings from the research work conducted
by scientists from multiple institutes
participating in this project. A panel of
lead scientists for this project will present
and discuss various subjects, including
epidemiology, identification, resistance,
seed lot testing, causes, physiology, and
management in grower friendly language.
The panel will also entertain questions
and comments from the audience. This
presentation will be valuable to growers and
allied industries to learn how to minimize
bacterial soft rot diseases in both seed
and commercial production. This session
is particularly important to understand the
impact of new soft rot Pectobacterium and
Dickeya species that are evolving throughout
the world.
Moderator: Gary Secor, PhD, Professor, North
Dakota State University
Panelists:
* Amy Charkowski, PhD, Plant Pathologist,
Colorado State University
* Jay Hao, PhD, Associate Professor,
University of Maine
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3:15pm-3:35pm
Save Your Potato Crop from PostHarvest
Disease
The first 10 to 14 days of storage are critical to
preserve the quality of a potato crop. Fusarium
dry rot and silver scurf are two of the most
common diseases potatoes face in storage,
making them two of the most economically
important diseases to treat for postharvest.
In addition to foundational storage
management best practices for temperature,
humidity and airflow, post-harvest products
are essential to protect marketable yield. New
technology with broad-spectrum disease
control can help maintain the potato crop.
Plan now to protect your 2023 potato crop.
* Dan Maxfield, Agronomic Service
Representative, Syngenta
* Tim Madden, Post-Harvest Manager,
Syngenta
3:40pm-4:00pm
Transforming Pivots into Potato
Health Monitoring Machines
Nothing gets a better view of crops than a
center pivot. In this talk, you will learn how to
easily transform pivots into full potato crop
monitoring machines using Plant Insights.
Plant Insights is a service that combines
artificial intelligence-based analysis with pivotmounted
cameras that take high-resolution
crop photos day and night.
With the Plant Insights service, growers
can quickly and efficiently detect potato
beetles and other pests, weeds, and diseases
in their fields to make more informed and
precise decisions regarding crop treatments
and input usage. Attendees will also see
first-hand how they can monitor potato crop
health and growth stages from emergence
through harvest.
* Steel Maloney, Vice President North
America, Prospera Technologies, A
Valmont Company
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