Measuring and monitoring potato crops for enhanced crop performance

Measuring and monitoring potato crops for enhanced crop performance PR13 Agronomists, potato business employees, those in the supply chain, farm managers and farmers who want to improve the performance of potato crops An intermediate course best suited to those who are able to demonstrate some practical experience A half day classroom-based course TBC Sarah Roberts, Potato Physiology Research Specialist, Niab

Classroom module 1 (half day):

•    The need to measure crop performance
•    The link between crop physiology and what is measured
•    Understanding crop variation and developing strategies to cope with it
•    The importance of recording protocols
•    What tools can be used to record or remotely sense data?
•    Recording seed and planting information
•    Recording the growing crop
•    Recording the harvested crop and storage
•    Data collation and storage – how to add value to the data you’ve collected
•    Practical exercise in measuring and interpreting crop data

At the end of this course you will:

•    Be able to measure key aspects of potato crop growth and development to produce profitable crops
•    Know the difference between data and information
•    Know what to measure and when
•    Understand crop variability and how to deal with it
•    Be able to use recording protocols when collecting data