SpudChat

By: Prince Edward Island Potato Board
  • Summary

  • Talking about potatoes in Prince Edward Island, primarily discussing research and agronomy topics with farmers, agronomists, researchers and a variety of industry partners.
    © 2024 PEI Potato Board
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Episodes
  • #45 Regenerative Agriculture with Kelvin Montagu
    Jul 17 2024

    In this episode of SpudChat, Ryan Barrett chats with Kelvin Montagu of Applied Horticultural Research in Australia about regenerative agriculture at the World Potato Congress, held in late June in Adelaide, Australia.

    This recording was done by the folks at PotatoLink, the Australian potato industry extension project. You can find out more about PotatoLink at https://potatolink.com.au, and you can check out their podcast at https://www.buzzsprout.com/2022082.

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    30 mins
  • #44 Precision Agriculture with Aitazaz Farooque
    Apr 16 2024

    In this episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Aitazaz Farooque, Professor of Precision Agriculture with the University of Prince Edward Island. Aitazaz has been a frequent collaborator on research projects with the PEI potato industry, including research into the use of soil electroconductivity (EC) for creating management zones, uses those zones for variable rate fertility or seed spacing, investigating compaction, and now working on using AI and machine learning to identify PVY in the field. We discuss all of these projects and more in this chat.

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    33 mins
  • #43 - Ian Scott on Colorado Potato Beetles
    Apr 9 2024

    In this episode of Spudchat, we talk to Dr. Ian Scott of AAFC in London, Ontario about insecticide resistance in Colorado potato beetles. Ian was part of a team that worked for the last five years to test potato beetles from across Canada for resistance to commonly used insecticides, uncovering some very interesting results. We talk about those results and the next steps in managing these persistent pests.

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    28 mins

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