Welcome to EAPR2024

Oslo, Norway, July 7-12, 2024

 

This is the first time Norway will host a Triennial conference of EAPR, the European Association for Potato Research, and the organizing committee is eager to make “the best Triennial conference ever”.

You are all very welcome to Oslo for the EAPR2024 Triennial Conference!

The website https://nibio.no/eapr2024 will contain our latest updates in the Program-page.
We have 12 interesting keynotes in the program, and 87 other presentationsin the program.

The headline for this conference is: Sustainable Potato production: advances and applications of Potato Research. We have 9 scientific sessions covering a broad specter of subjects related to the potato crop. The scientific committee consists of both Norwegian scientists and experts from other parts of Europe.

We have one full day of excursions during the conference to visit potato growing areas, including social activities.

There will be two separate workshops two days before the conference at the conference venue.

The first connected workshop will be on the day before the EAPR conference, it is the 3rd International Spongospora Workshop, July 6, 2024.

On Sunday, July 7, you may join the 1st European Wireworm workshop.
 
Arne Hermansen
President of EAPR

	Looking forward to see you in Oslo!   Arne Hermansen (President of EAPR)
	Important dates and deadlines
REGISTRATION / ACCOMMODATION	Opening	July 2023
	Early bird rate ending	7th April 2024
	Closing	3rd May 2024
ABSTRACTS	Opening	July 2023
	Closing, final	1st March2024
STUDENT SUPPORT	Closing	15th December 2023

_{Photo: E. Fløistad, NIBIO}

_{Photo: Fara Mori/Visit Oslo}

 

EAPR 2024 Scientific committee	Organising committee
Muath Alsheikh, Graminor AS, NO	Muath Alsheikh, Graminor AS
May Bente Brurberg, NIBIO, NO	Jan Arne Broen, BAMA AS *
Domenico Carputo, University of Naples Federico II, IT	May Bente Brurberg, NIBIO
Vincent Cesar, CRA-W, BE	Håvard Eikemo, NIBIO
Jean-Eric Chauvin, INRAE, FR	Erling Fløistad, NIBIO *
Kürt Demeulemeester, Inagro, BE	Borghild Glorvigen, NLR *
Laura Grenville-Briggs Didymus, SLU, SE	Solveig Haukeland, NIBIO
Håvard Eikemo, NIBIO, NO	Pia Heltoft, NIBIO
Adrian Fox, FERA, UK	Arne Hermansen, NIBIO *
Idit Ginzberg, ARO, Volcani Center, IL	Kjersti Balke Hveem, NIBIO
Borghild Glorvigen, NLR, NO	Solveig Haugan Jonsen, Findus Norge AS
Jean Pierre Goffart, CRA-W, BE	Anne-Helen Kalhovd, Maarud AS
Thilo Hammann, Julius Kühn-Institut, DE	Eldrid Lein Molteberg, NIBIO *
Solveig Haukeland, NIBIO, NO	Kari Munthe, NIBIO *
Kjersti Balke Hveem, NIBIO, NO	Ragnhild Nærstad , Syngenta
Erik Joner, NIBIO, NO	Simeon Rossmann, NIBIO
John Jones, James Hutton, UK	Till Seehusen, NIBIO
Corne Kempenaar, WUR, NL	Annette Folkedal Schjøll, NIBIO
Jan Kreuze, CIP, PE	Carl Spetz , NIBIO
Alison Lees, James Hutton Institute, UK	Kristin Sørensen, NLR
Michel Martin, ARVALIS, FR	Kirsten Tørresen, NIBIO
Andreas Meyer, Dethlingen Versuchsstation, DE
Eldrid Lein Molteberg, NIBIO, NO	* Executive committee
Mariëlle Muskens, Agrico Research, NL
Zsolt Polgar, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, HU	Others in tech. staff:
Simeon Rossmann, NIBIO, NO	Ellen Schei Pongo, NIBIO
Annette Folkedal Schjøll, NIBIO, NO	Cathrine Lill Broch, NIBIO
Till Seehusen, NIBIO, NO
Carl Spetz, NIBIO, NO
Paul Struik, WUR, NL
Pia Heltoft Thomsen, NIBIO, NO
Ian Toth, James Hutton Institute, UK
Kirsten Semb Tørresen, NIBIO, NO

Program

• Opening ceremony

  Opening ceremony

  EAPR2024 opens at 9.00 Monday July 8 in conference hall Atlantis 1+2

   

  • Music by Hildegunn Øiseth
    
    
  • Welcome to EAPR2024. Arne Hermansen, President of EAPR
    
    
  • Welcome address from NIBIO. Ivar H. Kristensen, CEO in NIBIO
    
    
  • 2 songs by «Sangsikadene», the NIBIO choir
    
    
  • Potatoes in Norway. Borghild Glorvigen, Potato Coordinator in NLR
    
    
  • Music by Hildegunn Øiseth

• Keynote

  Food security

   
  Keynote: Potato: the smart crop for food security

  Dr Monica Parker International Potato Center, Vancouver, Canada

  Dr. Parker is passionate about delivering science to realise the impacts potato can have. She has supported potato sector development through partnerships with governments, and public and private, community and farmer institutions in more than 10 countries throughout Africa and the Middle East.

  Key topics in the session:

  • Food waste
  • Consumer trends
  • Health effects
  • Food security

• Session 1

  Breeding robust cultivars

  
  Keynote:  Renseq: a fast-track method for development of potato pests and disease resistance markers from genome sequences

  Dr Ingo Hein The James Hutton Institute and the University of Dundee

  Our research bridges potato genetics and pathology, partnering with industry to enhance crop protection against biotic threats. We leverage RenSeq for resistance exploration in wild germplasm collections, cultivar association genetics, and marker development for breeding.

  Key topics in the session:

  • Genetics & genetic resources
  • New techniques & hybrid breeding (crispr, cis/trans mm.)
  • Resistance breeding

   

  Session 1 - Breeding robust Cultivars - oral presentations, Conference hall: Atlantis 1
  

  	Monday July 8:
  13.00	Chair: Mehmet Çalişkan
  101	The role of Yip1 proteins in membrane trafficking and potatoes’ resistance to stress Zainab M. Almutairi, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
  102	Phenotypic and genotypic screening for nitrogen and phosphorus efficiencies in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) genetic resources Klaus J. Dehmer, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Germany
  103	Innovative potato breeding through fixation and restitution – the happy medium between conventional tetraploid and diploid F1 hybrid breeding Corentin Clot, Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands
  104	Development of new potato varieties for north of Norway Hans Arne Krogsti, Graminor AS, Norway
  105	Transcriptomic dynamics and biochemical insights into anthocyanin-enhanced tolerance to Rhizoctonia solani in potato Vincenzo D’Amelia, CNR, Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, Portici, Italy
  106	Predictability of breeding further improved by doubled haploid technology Wessel Holtman, Fytagoras, The Netherlands
  	Tuesday July 9:
  13.00	Chair: Marielle Muskens
  107	Identifying potato cyst nematode resistance gene, Gpa5, with SMRT-AgRenSeq-d Yuhan Wang, The University of Dundee, United Kingdom
  108	Diversity analysis of Rpi genes in potato Paulina Paluchowska, Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Intitute - National Research Institute, Poland
  109	Metabolite diversification and fate of bioactive metabolites in backcrossing lines of wild and cultivated potato for resistance breeding Karin Gorzolka, Julius Kuehn Institute, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Germany
  110	Fusarium dry rot control through host encoded broad spectrum resistance in potato Daniel Monino Lopez, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
  111	RNAseq expression analysis of potato tubers differing in resistance to soft rot caused by bacteria Dickeya solani Renata Lebecka, IHAR-PIB, Department of Potato Genetics and Parental Lines, Młochów, Poland
  112	ScabEomics: Spongospora subterranea effectoromics for resistance breeding to powdery scab in potato Maria de la O Leyva-Pérez, Crop Science Department, Teagasc, Ireland
  	Thursday July 11:
  11.00	Chair: Mallikarjuna Rao Kovi
  113	Salicylic-acid mediated defence against the powdery scab disease Samodya Jayasinghe, Washington State University, USA
  114	Engineering of transgene-free potato late blight resistant plants through base editing Jack Vossen, Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
  115	Field trials in Sweden of potato with changed expression of resistance and susceptibility genes Erik Andreasson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden
  12.00	Lunch
  13.00	Chair: Domenico Carputo
  116	Genomic prediction in potato breeding: status and outlook from the Nordic region of Europe Rodomiro Ortiz, SLU, Sweden
  117	Towards selection of more durable resistance to Globodera pallida Julien Leuenberger, IGEPP, INRAE, France
  118	Marker type and density in tetraploid potato genomic prediction and GWAS – does it matter? Trine Aalborg, Aalborg University, Denmark
  119	Producing a potato pan-NLRome Thomas Adams, Department of Cell and Molecular Sciences, James Hutton Institute, United Kingdom
  120	Genomic selection for late blight resistance in tetraploid potato: preliminary results and impact of the minor allele frequency on predictions Charlotte Prodhomme, inov3PT, Paris and IGEPP, INRAE, Institut Agro, Univ Rennes, France
  121	Targeted genotyping-by-sequencing of potato Jeffrey Endelman, Dept. Plant & Agroecosystem Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
  	Friday July 12:
  10.30	Chair: Pawel Chrominski
  122	Comparing yield stability of tetraploid and diploid potato Mariëlle Muskens, Agrico Research, Bant, The Netherlands
  123	A universal potato research reference set - Simplifying research on a complex crop Stan Oome HZPC Research BV, Metslawier, The Netherlands
  124	SNP-based assessment of unique and duplicated accessions in genetic resources of Nordic potatoes Morten Rasmussen, NIBIO, Norway

• Session 2

  Improved potato health

   
  Keynote: Insects as vectors of pathogens

  Professor May Bente Brurberg NIBIO and Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)

  PhD from the Agricultural University of Norway (1994). Involved in numerous projects on different microbial pathogens and pests, both of applied and basic character, including topics such as pathogen biology, host‐pathogen-vector interactions as well as detection and diagnosis of pathogens.

  Key topics in the session:

  • Viral diseases
  • Bacterial diseases
  • Certified seed

   

  Session 2 - oral presentations on Monday July 8:                Conference hall: Atlantis 2
  

  13.00	Chair: Carl Spetz
  201	Aggressiveness and behavior of different pectinolytic bacteria species involved in potato blackleg disease Jérémy Cigna, FN3PT-inov3PT, Paris and CNRS-I2BC, France
  202	A microscopic examination of potato root infection by Pectobacterium atrosepticum Ian Toth, James Hutton Institute, Cell and Molecular Science, Dundee, United Kingdom
  203	Bacterial wilt of potato: a threat to food security in sub-saharan Africa Kalpana Sharma, International Potato Center, Nairobi, Kenya
  204	Pepper ringspot virus (PepRSV), the latest threat to the South African potato industry Lindy Esterhuizen, Agricultural Research Council –Plant Health and Protection, Pretoria, South Africa
  205	Losses from seedborne Potato Virus Y infection dependent on strain and variety Mark Pavek, Washington State University, Dept. of Horticulture, Pullman, USA
  206	Operator influence on roguing efficacy for controlling potato virus Y (PVY) in seed potato fields Brice Dupuis, Agroscope, Plant Production Systems, Nyon, Switzerland

• Session 3

  Integrated pest management

   
  Keynote: Prevention and control of late blight

  Dr Alison Lees The James Hutton Institute, Dundee, UK

  Alison Lees is a senior potato pathologist at The James Hutton Institute. Her research focuses on the epidemiology, detection and integrated management of potato diseases including late blight and soil-borne diseases. Alison is a coordinator of Euroblight ‘A Late-Blight Network for Europe’ and the current chair of the EAPR Pathology and Pests Section.

  Key topics in the session:

  • Late blight
  • Fungal diseases
  • Insects
  • Weeds
  • Disease control strategies (IPM)
  • Low risk pesticides, biostimulants, endophytes

   

  Oral presentations in session 3                 Conference hall: Atlantis 2

  	Tuesday July 9:
  13.00	Chair: Brice Dupuis
  301	Investigating the causal organisms involved with potato early dying in South Africa Rene Sutherland, Agricultural Research Council, Vegetable, Industrial and Medicinal Plants, South Africa
  302	Patat’Up: towards the production of a low-input potato Vincent Berthet , Walloon Potato Sector Representant, FIWAP, Gembloux, Belgium
  303	Benefits of click beetle monitoring for wireworm control Katharina Wechselberge, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety Ltd. and University of Vienna, Austria
  304	The good, the bad and the ugly: wireworm pests and the cover crops conundrum in potato production Bruno Ngala, Rue des Champs Potez, 62217 Achicourt, France
  305	Extension education on herbicide injury in potato Andrew Robinson, North Dakota State University/University of Minnesota, USA
  306	Streptomyces secondary metabolite effects on Pythium, Colletotrichum and Helminthosporium Brad Geary, Brigham Young University, Dept. of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Provo, Utah, USA
  	Thursday July 11:
  11.00	Chair: Julie Pasche
  307	Variety screening for tolerance against Candidatus Phytoplasma solani and Candidatus Arsenophonus phytopathogenicus Benjamin Klauk, University of Applied Science Bingen, Germany
  308	Using machine learning as a predictive tool to improve potato black dot management Marta Sanzo-Miro, Plant Science Laboratory, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, UK
  309	Effect of mulch cover on wilt symptoms and rubber tubers caused by Candidatus Phytoplasma solani and Candidatus Arsenophonus phytopathogenicus Benson Kisinga, University of Applied Science, Bingen, Germany
  13.00	Chair: Alison Lees
  310	Adoption of an early warning system for the integrated management of potato late blight in Chile Ivette Acuna, National Research Institute, INIA, Chile
  311	Creating a synergy between farmers, gardeners, and other stakeholders to eradicate late blight primary inoculum and adopt IPM control strategies Pierre Deroo, ARVALIS - Villers-Saint-Christophe, France
  312	Aggressiveness of Phytophthora infestans isolates from four genotypes widespread in Europe Mirella Ludwiczewska, Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute - National Research Institute, Poland
  313	Rating potato varieties: 30 years of experiments reanalyzed to explicit resistance and explain its variability Delphine Chauvin, Arvalis and INRAE, France
  314	Global solutions for sustainable late blight management: Evaluating the success of 3 R-gene potatoes in Asia and Africa. Phillip S. Wharton, University of Idaho, Aberdeen R&E Center, USA
  315	New mutations in Alternaria solani affect disease management using SDHI / FRAC group 7 fungicides Julie S. Pasche, Department of Plant Pathology; North Dakota State University, Fargo, USA

• Session 4

  Improved soil health

   
  Keynote: Perspectives of biocontrol of soil borne pathogens and their microbiome interactions in potato

  Professor Laura Grenville-Briggs Didymus Department of Plant Protection Biology, SLU, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden

  Leader of the Integrated Plant Protection Unit and the Plant Pathology Lab. My own research group focuses on the molecular and genetic determinants of disease in oomycete and fungal plant pathogens in combination with molecular analysis of interactions between microbial biocontrol agents and their prey along with the soil rhizosphere microbiome communities. We combine these mechanistic studies with applied research, testing combinations of biocontrol agents, plant probiotics and plant resistance inducers and disease modeling strategies, for effective disease control.

   

  Key topics in the session:

  • Chemical and physical factors
  • Biochar
  • Nematodes
  • Other soilborne organisms
  • Phytobiome

   

  Oral presentations in session 4, on Thursday July 11                 Conference hall: Atlantis 3
  

  11.00	Chair: Solveig Haukeland
  401	Geconem: How to collectively manage genetic resistance to potato cyst nematodes? Marie-Claire Kerlan, 1IGEPP, INRAE, Institut Agro, Univ Rennes, Ploudaniel, France
  402	Effects of organic amendments and cover crops on soil characteristics and potato yields Tatiana Francischinelli Rittl, NORSØK, Norway
  403	Comparing the effectiveness of real-time PCRs to simultaneously detect and identify viable Globodera pallida and G. rostochiensis Sebastiaan van Kessel, Dutch General Inspection Service for Agricultural Seeds and Seed Potatoes, Emmeloord, the Netherlands

• Session 5

  Agronomy and tuber physiology

  
   Keynote:  New insight in seed tuber physiology

  Professor Dr Ir Paul Struik, Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands

  Paul Struik is Emeritus Professor of Crop Physiology. He conducted research on physiology of tuber crops and their seed systems, and (co-)authored over 600 journal articles. He supervised more than 125 PhD students. He is Editor-in-Chief of Potato Research and editor of four other crop journals.

  Key topics in the session:

  • Seed physiology
  • Growing technique
  • Desiccation
  • Irrigation

   

  Oral presentations in session 5                 Conference hall: Atlantis 3
  

  	Monday July 8:
  13.00	Chair: Dominika Boguszewska-Mańkowska
  501	Is plant maturity a reliable indicator of bruise susceptibility? Michael Thornton, University of Idaho, Department of Plant Sciences, Parma, USA
  502	Environmentally triggered russeting – an overview Idit Ginzberg, Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute, Israel
  503	Quantifying differences in source-sink relations between hybrid potato plants grown from two types of propagules Jiahui Gu, Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands
  504	Agronomy of field transplanted hybrid potato crops Olivia Kacheyo, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands
  505	Promoting international collaboration in potato breeding to transfer frost tolerance from wild species Solanum commersonii into native potato cultivars from the Andean region and the Altiplano Alfonso H. del Rio, USDA/ARS Potato Genebank, Sturgeon Bay, WI, USA
  506	Revolutionizing Seed Potato Production System in Africa and Asia Kalpana Sharma, International Potato Center, Nairobi, Kenya
  	Tuesday July 9:
  13.00	Chair: Borghild Glorvigen
  507	Effect of reduced N-fertilization on nitrogen use efficiency and selected quality parameters in starch potatoes and outlook on the POTENZION project Marcel Naumann, University of Goettingen, Department of Crop Sciences, Plant Nutrition and Crop Physiology, Germany
  508	Impact of in-row nitrogen fertilization on potato crop Kürt Demeulemeester, Inagro, Department Arable Crops, Rumbeke-Beitem, Belgium
  509	Assessing the relationship between nitrogen use efficiency and proteins concentration in potato genotypes Ilze Dimante, AREI, Crop Research Department, Priekuļi, Latvia
  510	Assessing regional potato yield response to phosphorus fertilization in high-phosphorus legacy soils Lincoln Zotarelli, University of Florida, Horticultural Sciences Department, Gainesville, FL, USA
  511	Alternative herbicides for desiccation of potatoes in Norway Kirsten S. Tørresen, NIBIO, Norway
  512	Test of alternatives to diquat in desiccation of potatoes Lars Bødker SEGES Innovation P/S, Aarhus, Denmark
  	Thursday July 11:
  13.00	Chair: Sophia Sonnewald
  513	The influence of late season evapotranspiration replacement rate on potato yield, quality, and economic return Jacob Paul Meeuwsen, Washington State University, Department of Horticulture, Pullman Washington, USA
  514	Potato cultivation without tillage using straw mulch for sustainable agricultural intensification in Asian rice-based systems Jan Kreuze, International Potato Center (CIP), Lima, Peru
  515	Effects of soil salinity and drought on potato production Ke Shan, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands

• Session 6

  Precision technology in potato cultivation

    
  Keynote:  Towards data-driven precision crop management of potato

  Dr Ir Corné Kempenaar Wageningen University & Reserach, dept. Agro Systems Reserach, The Netherlands

  WU graduate in plant sciences with a PhD on biological weed control, more than 30 years as agronomist in applied research projects of WPR, including decision support models for crop protection, weed control and precision farming. In recent years, the focus shifts more and more to data-driven farming, working e.g. with the WUR data platform www.farmmaps.net. Besides researcher at WPR, he is associate professor at Aeres University of Applied Sciences on precision farming and board member of Dutch pesticide registration authority CTGB.

   Keynote: Next generation of more efficient fertilizers

  Professor Søren Husted Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

  My research is mainly focused on the mineral nutrition of plants, working across the full spectrum from fundamental studies dealing with regulating of uptake, translocation and assimilation of mineral ions to more applied aspects of field based fertilization. Currently we have a strong focus on studying the mechanisms controlling uptake of plant nutrients across the leaf surface barrier in order to improve the basis for foliar fertilization. To create a future population of more efficient fertilizers, we have integrated nanotechnology in our work and recently we have documented that foliar fertilization of potato and barley can be significantly improved using a nano-fertilization.

  Key topics in the session:

  • Variable rate applications
  • Remote sensing
  • Engineering
  • DSS
    
    

  Oral presentations in session 6 on Monday July 8:                 Conference hall: Nautilus
  

  13.00	Chair: Corné Kempenaar
  601	Risk maps in VIPS deliver late blight warnings at high spatial resolution Berit Nordskog, NIBIO, Norway
  602	Potassium management strategy in starch potatoes Malte Nybo Andersen, SEGES Innovation P/S, Aarhus, Denmark
  603	Using drone-retrieved multispectral data for phenomic selection in potato breeding Alessio Maggiorelli, Institute for Quantitiative Genetics and Genomics of Plants, HHU, Düsseldorf Germany
  604	Screening a breeding program for nitrogen use efficiency using drone imagery Laura M. Shannon, Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, USA
  605	In-season potato crop nitrogen status assessment from satellite and meteorological data Jean-Pierre Goffart, Walloon Agricultural Research Center (CRA-W), Gembloux, Belgium
  606	Combining remote sensing and crop growth model for better decision support on water and nitrogen management in potato crops Fedde D. Sijbrandij, Wageningen Plant Research, The Netherlands

• Session 7

  Sustainability in a changing climate

  
  Keynote: The impact of climatic change on potato production: a focus on water management

  Professor Dr Ir Anne Gobin Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, University of Leuven (KU Leuven)

  Anne has expertise in crop modelling, climate and extreme weather impacts on cropping systems and agricultural water management. She combines time series satellite and weather data to simulate soil-water-carbon interactions in cropping systems from the field to regional scale.

  Key topics in the session:

  • Drought & heat resistance
  • Potato – a sustainable crop – carbon inventory
  • Production systems (Integrated, organic, regenerative)

   

  Oral presentations in session 7                 Conference hall: Nautilus

  	Tuesday July 9:
  13.00	Chair: Laura Grenville-Briggs
  701	Unravelling the molecular mechanisms of heat-induced decrease in starch content in potato tubers Sophia Sonnewald, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
  702	Characterizing the Stsp5g a Stsp5g b double mutant as a partial remedy for heat stress  Akiva Shalit-Kanehx, ARO, Department of Vegetables and Field Crops, Gilat, Israel
  703	Efforts to model crop response to hot and dry environments Jian Liu, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands
  704	Effects of climate change on late blight and early blight of potato Roman Valade, ARVALIS, Boigneville, France
  705	Investigations on nitrogen efficiency and nitrous oxide emissions under reduced N-fertilisation in starch potato cultivation in northern Germany Hubertus Blanke, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
  706	Comparison of the carbon footprint of potato cultivation and processing with other crops and products: What contribution can the potato make to sustainable production? Marcel Naumann, University of Goettingen, Germany
  	Thursday July 11:
  14.00	Chair: Sophia Sonnewald
  707	Can drought tolerant potato genotyped be selected based on phenotypic traits? Karin I Köhl, Max Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany
  708	Does glasshouse trials enable to estimate drought resistance in the field? Maverick Gouerou, UMR IGEPP, INRAE, France and Agroscope, Switzerland
  709	Predicting the tolerance of potato genotypes to drought stress based on the root/shoot relationship in the initial period of plant development Dominika Boguszewska-Mańkowska, Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute- National Research Institute in Radzików Division, Jadwisin, Poland

   

• Session 8

  Post harvest

  
  Keynote:  Preserving potato qualities in stores in a future with increasing constraints

  Professor Nora Olsen University of Idaho, USA

  Dr. Nora Olsen’s research program for 25 years has focused on field and storage management, sprout and disease control, seed physiology, harvest and handling, and cultivar evaluations. She is a past-President of the Potato Association of America and current Vice-President of the World Potato Congress.

  Key topics in the session:

  • Storage technology
  • Processing
  • Tuber quality
    
    

  Oral presentations in session 8 on Thursday July 11:                 Conference hall: Nautilus
  

  11.00	Chair: Michel Martin
  801	Towards smart potato storage: using CFD modeling and simulation to realize optimized and efficient ventilation within potato storage buildings Petro Demissie Tegenaw, ILVO, Instituut voor Landbouw-, Visserij- en Voedingonderzoek, Voeding Technologie, Merelbeke, Belgium
  802	Developing automatic tools in the assessment of potato qualities Fadi El Hage, ARVALIS – Institut du Végétal, Pôle Stockage et Valorisation de la Pomme de terre, France
  803	Effect of water stress in potato crop on post-harvest sprouting Margot Visse-Mansiaux, Agroscope, Swiss Confederation’s center for agricultural research, Switzerland
  13.00	Chair: Andreas Meyer
  804	OptiGERM : a French online Decision Support System to help the industry on tuber sprout control management in stores Michel Martin, ARVALIS-Institut du végétal, Saint Christophe, France
  805	Sprout inhibitors combination for a better efficacy and rates modulations Morgane Flesch, ARVALIS, Villers-Saint-Christophe, France
  806	1,4-Dimethylnaphthalene performance in temperature-controlled shipping containers Henning Bergmann, DormFresh Ltd. Perth, UK
  807	Transcriptomic changes induced by DMN exposure in dormant tubers of three potato cultivars Emily P. Dobry, College of Agricultural Science, Pennsylvania State University, USA
  808	Greening of potato tubers in grocery stores can be reduced by appropriate storage and packaging Hanne Larsen, Nofima, Norway
  809	Glycoalkaloids in processing potatoes and fried potato products: formation and stability Christina Meyeers, Max-Rubner Institute, Germany

• Session 10

  Connecting research to practice

  
  Keynote: Success factors for transferring knowledge from science to growers

  Potato coordinator Borghild Glorvigen Norwegian Agricultural Advisory Service | Norwegian Potato Forum

  Background in agronomy and plant protection. She has a dr. scient in storage diseases in potatoes. She has been working with plant protection, dissemination of research, as an advisor for potato farmers. She specializes in potato production and is the editor of www.potet.no.

  
   Keynote: Linking science and industry
  

  Professor Ian Toth James Hutton Institute and Visiting Professior at the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

  I am a potato pathologist working on blackleg disease caused by Pectobacterium and Dickeya species. My main interest is to bring together academics and industry to solve real-world problems. I am Director of Scotland’s Plant Health Centre and Director of the National Potato Innovation Centre.

  Workshop Friday July 12                 Conference hall: Atlantis 3

  10.30    Chair: Jean Pierre Goffart

   

  Workshop: Connecting research to practice

  
  Short introduction to the workshop:

  • Global coordination of potato research through the International Potato Partnership.
    Iain Kirkwood, Potatoes New Zealand
  • Connecting R &D and the potato chain in Belgium.
    Pierre Le Brun, FIWAP, Belgium

   

• Closing session

  11 .30 Conference hall Atlantis 1 + 2

• Posters

  A full list of submitted posters indicating when they will be presented is available as a PDF file here

• Excursions
  • After the registration deadline, there will be five different tours on the excursion day, Wednesday, July 10. Registered participants will receive notification on which tour they will join. 
    NB.:  Busses leave from Sjøflyhavna, The Seaplane harbour, at 7.30 wednesday morning. Don't be late for your excursion.

          

   

Venue, travel and contact

Venue

The venue for the conference is Scandic Fornebu Hotel located in Oslo, close to the Oslo fjord. The hotel can accommodate more than 300 participants and has very nice facilities for the conference. The conference has negotiated a very good price for participants staying in this hotel. Our conference will benefit, both professionally and socially, if most of the attendants choose to stay in the same hotel. Hotel booking is part of your registration for the conference. Availability is first come, first serve, do not hesitate!

The conference dinner will be at Sjømagasinet. https://www.sjomagasinet.no/   The price of the conference dinner includes transport by bus from and to the conference hotel. Photo: Shyamal, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

 

 

Travel

The street adress of the hotel is Martin Lingesvei 2, 1364 Fornebu

From Oslo Airport Gardermoen, travel by train to Skøyen train station, and change to bus no. 31 towards Fornebu/Snarøya for 6 stops. Getting off at IT Fornebu, the walking distance to the hotel is 398 m. Your train ticket from the airport to Skøyen is also valid on the bus, cost: 118 NOK.
If you chose a taxi from Skøyen, the price on a sunday afternoon will be aproximately 180 NOK.

Google travel directions

 

Student support

EAPR will financially support 10 PhD students to attend the 22nd Triennial Conference EAPR2024 in Oslo.
The support will reimburse registration fee, travel and accommodation cost. Rules and instructions on how to apply.

 

Application deadline is 15 December 2023.

Contact

Inquieries regarding the EAPR 2024 conference may be submitted below, or directly to eapr2024@nibio.no

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