SpudChat

About SpudChat

Talking about potatoes in Prince Edward Island, primarily discussing research and agronomy topics with farmers, agronomists, researchers and a variety of industry partners.

Publisher

Prince Edward Island Potato Board

Category

science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Apr 2021

Latest episode

25 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 53 episodes have a transcript.

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   25 Mar 2026

   #53 Ryan Barrett - Common Scab

   This week's episode of Spudchat is a recording of Ryan Barrett's presentation from the 2026 International Potato Technology Expo in Charlottetown, PE. In this talk, Ryan discusses his research into the use of Minuet, an in-furrow biopesticide, for reduction of common scab symptoms in processing potato varieties. A video of this presentation, along with other IPTE presentations, is available on the PEI Potato Agronomy website (www.peipotatoagronomy.com).

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   18 Mar 2026

   #52 Erica Fava - Variety Development

   In this episode, Ryan talks with Erica Fava of AAFC Fredericton about AAFC's National Potato Breeding Program, and how variety development and evaluation is done in Canada. This includes work supported by the National Cluster Program under the Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada (FVGC), with trials in 8 provinces across Canada.

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   11 Mar 2026

   #51 Steve Watts - Nutrient Management

   On this episode of Spudchat, Ryan talks with Steve Watts of Genesis Crop Systems here in PEI about some of his on-farm research into nutrient management, including implementing 4R nutrient management, investigating the use of enhanced efficiency nitrogen products, and now investigating the use of nitrogen-fixing bacteria products in potatoes. Steve is a professional agrologist and project lead under the ACS Living Labs PEI initiative.

Inside a recent episode

#26 David Jones, Canadian Potato Council

Published 24 Feb 2022 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So we work together with the provincial potato grower organizations on issues of national significance. So my role is essentially to coordinate those activities and address those national issues on behalf of potato growers across Canada. So we have a national voice, and we work with the federal government. […]

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Social presence

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YouTube

0

Engagement

76

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