PCN Action Scotland
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Scottish Government-funded project aiming to deliver a sustainable potato industry for Scotland through the management of potato cyst nematodes.
Joined September 2022
2024 was a big year for PCN Action Scotland Highlights include: 📽️ A feature on @BBCTheOneShow 📢 Presenting at industry leading conferences by @AABiologists & @ESNematologists 🥔Hosting our final PCN Trials open day @ Barnyards We are excited for 2025 - Happy holidays all 🪱
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RT @AABiologists: 👀🪱 Pest Alert: Potato cyst nematodes (Globodera pallida & Globodera rostochiensis) @DefraGovUK @pcnactionscot @ScotGovSASA
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We've been featured on @BBCTheOneShow 🥔📺 Our segment with Chef Hasan ‘Big Has’ Semay covers PCN, why its an issue for the potato industry, and resistant varieties! Watch at: A big thank you to all project partners and funding received from @scotgov
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RT @IPMHutton: Nice story from @HuttonCMS @JamesAPrice94 and @SoilEssentials highlighting the important work of @pcnactionscot in tackling…
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RT @AABiologists: The OneShow is @BBCOne flagship daily magazine programme and today features our friend James Price heading the @pcnaction…
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PCN Action Scotland have been highlighted in a recent @FarmersGuardian article following presentations at the @AABiologists 6th symposium of PCN management at @HarperAdamsUni 🥔Read here: New tools launched to help growers fight PCN
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It is great to see multiple members of PCN Action Scotland presenting at the 6th Symposium of PCN Management hosted by @AABiologists @HarperAdamsUni #PCNSYM6 Pictured: Jon Pickup from @ScotGovSASA discussing PCN Policy. For more info -
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RT @AABiologists: James Price @JamesAPrice94 presents the @pcnactionscot project, the largest #planthealth project ever funded through @sco…
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Check out our article with the BBC. PCN Action Scotland have also featured on Reporting Scotland and BBC Radio 4 last week! 🥔🎥 We would like to thank the Scottish Government for funding this research. For more information on the project:
Could 'super potatoes' save the tattie industry?
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@GhostOfOrwell84 @BBCNews Good morning, we advise at least 6 years between potatoes in any given field. Extending rotations will help to protect new varieties against pests & diseases. PCN are tricky though as they can survive in the soil for long periods of time (~20 years!) 🥔
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It is always great to host visitors, discuss our PCN trials, and see how our practices compare with those from other countries! 🥔
It’s been a full on 3 days touring East Scotland for the visiting #Danish #Potato group. Lots learned, questions asked & contacts made. Thanks to all those that kindly hosted the group & presented to them. #pcn #virus #cropresearch #sharedexperiences #scottishfarming #aphids
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RT @BritishPotato_: PCN Action Scotland has held an annual public open day hosted at Barnyards farm in Tannadice to discuss the project's f…
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Here is a peek at the PCN Action Scotland open day 2024 at Barnyards Farm!👀 Lots of people, presentations, PCN, and potatoes 🥔 Video credit - @SoilEssentials
#PCNActionScotland #potato #farmingscotland #farminguk #PCN #agriculture #farming
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Thank you to all attendees (~120) of the PCN open day at Barnyards last week! What a great turn out to discuss: 🥔Policy 🥔Resistance markers 🥔Tolerance 🥔Oil radish cover crop field trial 🥔Potato variety/Nematicides field trial results For more info -
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The FINAL PCN open day will be held on the 7th of August 2024! 🥔🪱 Sign up here: Session topics: · Potato & Oil radish variety trials · Decision support system updates · Policy discussions with SASA · Live sprayer demonstrations targeting groundkeepers
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The work that Scotland is doing to combat PCN was presented by @JamesAPrice94 & @TAdamsBio42 at the 35th Symposium of the European Society of Nematologists in Cordoba, Spain last week. @ESNematologists Thank you for the opportunity to share our work! 🪱
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The March edition of the British Potato review features quite a few nematode-themed articles! 🥔Find quotes from PCN Action Scotland members who presented at the 2024 SACAPP Conference on Page 11! 🥔Nematode control/Biofumigants on pg 36-41. 🥔Nem-emerge collaboration on pg 42
The March edition of British Potato Review is now out! Read it here:
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It's here! The Potato Sector Economic Report has been published and is available to read: An incredible amount of work has gone into this - a huge well done and thank you to the author Prof Steven Thompson from all at PCN Action Scotland! 🥔🪱
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