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The Agricultural Technical Institute for Seed Potato
inov3PT's missions is to provide solutions and innovations to the players in the sector (seed potato growers and Growers Organisations, laboratories, breeders, technicians, experimenters, etc...) in order to consolidate the strenghts of the French seed potato but also to transfer the results and develop their impact.
inov3PT also provides reference services, technical support, expertise and training, both nationally and internationally.
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inov3PT is financed by seed potato growers and, as an agricultural technical institute, also benefits from a CasDAR grant as part of the National Agricultural and Rural Development Programme (PNDAR).
News
Hiring
25 September 2024
Research engineer
Mission :
Strengthening the 'Genetics and Techniques in support of potato variety' programme in the potato phenotyping activity
Profile:
5 years' higher education with experience
Hiring
17 September 2024
Technical and scientific coordinator
Mission :
Leading and coordinating PARSADA projects within inov3PT
Profile:
Bac+2 with experience, Bac+5, agri/agro engineer
Video
9 September 2024
IdEvol project video !
What is the name of this variety ?
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Do you know how to identify potato varieties in the laboratory ?
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English subtitles available ​​
Hiring
1st September 2024
New inov3pt scientific manager
Our colleague Sylvie Marhadour, a research engineer at inov3PT since 2003, will officially take up her new position as Head of Science on 1 September 2024.
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Hiring
January-June 2025
Training
Theme :
Evaluation of service plants and biocontrol for the control of wireworms (Agriotes spp.)
Profile:
2nd year Masters or final year project, engineering school.
Event
11-12 September 2024
Event
The European Potato Event will take place on 11 and 12 September in Villers-Saint-Christophe (Aisne) !
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Come and meet some of the inov3PT team at technical spaces 2, 3A and 3B !
New publication
22 July 2024
La Pomme de Terre Française
An overview of the major results of the CASDAR GECONEM PROJECT (2019-2023), coordinated by Marie-Claire Kerlan (INRAE-IGEPP) and in which the inov3PT team played an active part !
Nomination
12 July 2024
EAPR section
Our colleague Karima Bouchek-Mechiche has been appointed President of the ‘Pathologies and Pests’ section of the EAPR (European Association for Potato Research)!
Well done to her!
She succeeds Alison Lees, head of the ‘Epidemiology and Disease Management’ team at the John Hutton Institute (UK).
Karima Bouchek-Mechiche is scientific manager of the ‘Tuber blemishes, storage diseases and agrosystem management’ programme at inov3PT.
With 28 years of research work on potato diseases, an active member of the section and scientific organiser of the EAPR Pathology and Pests 2023 in Arras, she intends to put her expertise at the service of the section.
Nomination
12 July 2024
EAPR section
Our colleague Charlotte Prodhomme has been appointed Chair of the ‘Breeding and Varietal Assessment’ section of the EAPR (European Association for Potato Research)!
Well done to her!
She succeeds Domenico Carputo, Professor at the University of Naples, who has chaired the section since 2018.
Charlotte has been a research engineer in inov3PT's ‘Genetics and breeding technologies’ team since 2020.
She previously completed her thesis on the identification of potato wart resistance genes at Wageningen University, the Netherlands.
Event
8-12 July 2024
Conference
The 22nd EAPR (European Association for Potato Research) triennal conference takes place from 8 to 12 July in Oslo !
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280 participants from 35 countries have registered !
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inov3PT took part in the event !
Event
7 July 2024
Workshop
The 1st workshop organised by the European Wireworm Research Network was held in conjunction with the EAPR's triennal conference !
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43 participants registered for this first event !
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inov3PT helped coordinate the event !
To find out more about the network, click here !
Event
6 July 2024
Workshop
The 3rd international workshop on powdery scab was held in conjunction with the EAPR'S triennal conference !
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37 participants from 15 countries to discuss new scientific findings !
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inov3PT took part !
Our colleague Karima Bouchek-Mechiche presented a poster.
To access previous editions, click here !
New publication
31 May 2024
La Pomme de Terre Française
3 articles on NGTs in the latest issue of LPTF !
The Crispr-Cas technique, a breeder's point of view and the
présentation of the European GeneBecon project
New publication
8 April 2024
Plants de Bretagne
Technical information for sustainable
management of wireworm populations !
Article in French to download here
Authors : Philippe Dolo (Bretagne Plants Innovation) and Bruno Ngala (inov3PT)
New publication
2 April 2024
Phytoma
The results of the ABA PIC project are presented in the latest issue of Phytoma, with a special report on biocontrol !
Access to the magazine (in French) here
Event
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7 July 2024
OSLO
First workshop
Organised by the European Wireworm Research Network
Programme available
All the information on the dedicated website :
https://www.potato-wireworms.com/
inov3PT is coordinating this first conference of the European Wireworm Research Network
New publication
29 January 2024
La Pomme de Terre Française
The latest key results from the inov3PT team on the subject of wireworms !
New publication
12 January 2024
Innovations Agronomiques
If you would like to find out more about wireworms, and in particular those of the genus Agriotes sp., read this article !
