Dr Philip Burgess

Work package 8 leader Dr Philip Burgess
Leader of scottishpotatoes.org
phil@scottishpotatoes.org.uk

Phil leads scottishpotatoes.org which is a partnership of SRUC, The Hutton and SASA, the purpose of which is to support the Scottish potato industry through the promotion and translation of research and technological innovations. In his role as lead consultant and researcher for scottishpotatoes, he aims to bridge the gap between researchers and on farm consultancy. A pathologist by training, his career has spanned both research and commercial production of seed and ware potatoes.

Publications

Work Package 5 - Mechanistic understanding of tolerance to PCN to aid breeding, Work Package 8 - Knowledge Exchange and Communications | Final Report

The Barnyards field trial 2022 report - A field trial investigating the resistance and tolerance characteristics of eleven potato varieties to Globodera pallida in Scotland

Authors: Dr Philip Burgess, Eric Anderson
August 2023

In 2022 a field trial was established which aimed to provide information on the integrated control of Globodera pallida. This report publishes the results of the field trial planted at Barnyards Farm on 02/05/2022 - a location with a moderate-high PCN population. The trial consisted of 11 potato varieties (Cara, Maris Peer, Elland, Innovator, Eurostar, Buster, Amanda, Karelia, Cinderella, Lanorma, and Tyson) with varying levels of resistance to both G. Pallida and G. Rostochiensis (Table 1). Replicates of each variety were treated with either Nemathorin 10G (30 kg/ha, a.i. Fosthiazate) or left untreated.

Work Package 1 - Economics, Work Package 6 - Groundkeeper Control, Work Package 2 - Decision Support, Work Package 3 - Resistance marker development and mobilising new resistances, Work Package 4 - Dihaploid induction for accelerated crop improvement, Work Package 5 - Mechanistic understanding of tolerance to PCN to aid breeding, Work Package 7 - Novel IPM tools, Work Package 8 - Knowledge Exchange and Communications | Final Report

Project Report Year One - Delivering a sustainable potato industry for Scotland through management of potato cyst nematode (PCN)

Authors: Ian Toth, Ingo Hein, Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, John Jones, Xinwei Chen, Pete Skelsey, James Price, Sonia Humphris, Dr Philip Burgess, Steven Thomson, Fiona Burnett, Andrew Barnes, Eric Anderson, Jim Wilson, Jon Pickup, K Preedy
May 2023

A summary report of progress made across the work packages addressed by the PCN working group in year one.