Global Biotech Potato Partnership attends Australasian Plant Pathology Society Conference

Global Biotech Potato Partnership attends Australasian Plant Pathology Society Conference.

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The Global Biotech Potato Partnership participated in the 2023 Australasian Plant Pathology Society Conference held in Adelaide, Australia November 20-24.

The theme of the event, "Change and Adaptation" highlighted the adaptation of plant pathogens and also how new innovations are being used for disease control.

Dr. Phil Wharton and Dr. Most Mahbuba Begum presented a poster on their publication, "Genotypic characterization of Phytophthora infestans populations in Bangladesh" which details the results of a large-scale survey of potato fields in the main potato-growing divisions of Bangladesh examining genotypic diversity of P. infestans populations.

Dr. Begum is a plant pathologist in the Tuber Crops and Research Center at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (TCRC-BARI). Dr. Begum leads pathology efforts for the Global Biotech Potato Partnership in Bangladesh.

Dr. Wharton is an Associate Professor a the University of Idaho who studies the biology and host-pathogen interactions of fungal diseases on potatoes and etiology and epidemiology of potato diseases. Wharton serves as the Global Resource Lead on Pathology for the Global Biotech Potato Partnership.

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