Potato Pathology One Day Offered Papers Conference Chairmen: Dr Nigel Hardwick BSPP President, Dr Jim Duncan Programme Opening remarks: Dr Jim Duncan (Chairman) Disease transmission and seed health Population displacement of Phytophthora infestans in England and Wales Cultivar resistance to foliar and stem blight and the exploitation of this
resistance in fungicide control programmes Are Smith Periods still relevant? Chairman: Dr Nigel Hardwick (BSPP President) Survey of late blight in Scotland Condensation in stored potato crops: effects on disease development Detection of Spongospora subterranea f.sp. subterranea using a PCR-based
technique Studies on the systemic nature of the blackleg pathogen and potential
endophytic antagonists Sensitive detection of Ralstonia (Pseudomonas) solanacearum (E.F. Smith)
from soil and potato tubers: comparison of different detection techniques Offered Posters
Metabolic pathways of the diseased potato Genetic diversity in Burkholderia solanacearum Race 3 and
the development of a biological control agent
Diagnosing potato cyst nematode: not just a question of presence or absence
The prevention of spread of P. infestans during bulk washing of
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