Controlling blight : three year's work-08/06/2004
In conjunction with SRPV and FEREDEC, plots of seed potatoes near Landivisiau (29) and Pontivy (56) have been the subject over the last three years of a blight monitoring programme based on:
- meteorological data used to build an epidemiological alert model;
- physical observation of the plots twice a week.

This programme has produced the following benefits:
- it has raised awareness in growers and advisers;
- it has optimised blight treatment.
 

:: LINKS |
| www.plantdepommedeterre.org |

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>general management >varietal creation
>quality assurance >production >varieties
>commercial site >forecast
>confrérie des toqués >customer area
>market gardens >bio corner ::::::::::::::::


  
 
:: OBJECTIVES
|  Constant improvement in the quality of the seedlings supplied ;
| Adaptation to the requirements of the market in terms of volume and quality ;
| Knowledge of the behaviour of new varieties ;
|  Monitoring and testing of innovations in production techniques ;
|  Organisation of deliveries as a function of customer demands ;
| Ensure the responsibility of the gatherer/ plant breeder in the upstream sector.
  
 
 
 
:: RESOURCES
| 3200 ha under contract with 300 producers ;
| 8 technicians responsible for coordinating producers and guiding their production operations ;
| A quality assessment system for each plant batch which is translated into a bonus/surcharge when paying producers (difference which can be as much as 20% of the gross profit/ha) ;
| Total control of logistics from the site of production to the customer.
  
 
 
 



:: sector manager
| Joseph Lallouet
| production@germicopa.com