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21st EAPR Triennial Conference EAPR2020 moved to autumn

Due to a coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic the 21st EAPR Triennial Conference has been moved to autumn.
 

The new Conference date is November 2-6, 2020.

Therefore, all key dates have also changed:

Europatat Congress 2020 cancelled

CANCELLED

Following the escalation of COVID-19 crisis in Europe, the Europatat Congress 2020 will be cancelled.

EAPR2020 abstract submission deadline extended!

The abstract submission deadline for the 21st EAPR Triennial Conference has been extended to March 31, 2020. The deadline for submitting applications for the EAPR Student Support has been also extended to March 31, 2020.

EAPR2020 PhD Student Support

Deadline extended till 31st July 2020

EAPR will support financially 10 PhD students to attend the 21st Triennial Conference EAPR2020

The support will not exceed 800 EUR and will reimburse:

Scientist Bacteriology/Phytopathology (PhD) @ HZPC Metslawier, The Netherlands

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EAPR Pathology & Pests Section Meeting, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, September 1-4, 2019

The EAPR Pathology & Pests section meeting co-organized by Agroscope, the Bern University of Applied Sciences and the University of Neuchâtel, took place at the Unive

Report by PhD student Eva Blatnik on her participation at the EAPR Pathology and Pests Symposium September 2019

The international EAPR Pathology and Pests Section Meeting took place at Neuchâtel in Switzerland from September 1st till September 4th with the main topic Reducing pesticide use while preserving potato productivity and profitability.

19th Joint Meeting of EAPR Section ‘Breeding & Varietal Assessment’ and EUCARPIA Section ‘Potatoes’ December 2018

In the first week of December 2018, the European potato science community convened in Rostock-Warnemuende for the 19th Joint Meeting of EAPR Section ‘Breeding & Varietal Assessment’ and EUCARPIA Section ‘Potatoes’.

The 2nd International Spongospora Workshop, in combination with Pathology and Pests Section Meeting, Neuchatel, Switzerland, September 5, 2019

The 2nd International Spongospora Workshop (2ndISW) took place 3 years after the successful 1st ISW, held in Einsiedeln, Switzerland.

Short report from the Agronomy and Physiology EAPR meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia July 2019

Agronomy & Physiology meeting was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia in July 2019.

The meeting was organised by Peter Dolničar

Paul Struik receives International Crop Science Award 2019

​Paul Struik, professor of crop physiology of Wageningen University & Research, was awarded the International Crop Science Award 2019. This award is presented for outstanding contributions to agronomy.

EAPR2020 Registration open!

The 21st Triennial Conference of the European Association for the Potato Research EAPR2020 – has just opened for registration. Register here: 

EAPR2020 Call for Abstracts

21st EAPR Triennial Conference: Abstract submission open!

Training school on using potato biodiversity in breeding!

Students' reports from Breeding and Varietal Assessment Section Meeting EAPR2018

Reports of students from Breeding and Varietal Assessment Section Meeting 2018 are available now in the Section's Resources. These students were supported financially by EAPR to partipate in the meeting.

Deadlines are fast approaching for three of our Section Meetings 2019

VIROLOGY—http://pmk.agri.ee/eapr2019/  
Date of meeting: 18th to 21st June 2019 
 Location: Laulasmaa, Estonia  
Deadlines: Abstracts—15th March 2019; Early bird registration—31st March 2019 

EAPR Newsletter Spring 2019 now available

Dear all,

Agri-Tech techologies presented at post-harvest meeting

During the post-harvest Section meeting in Norwich (12-14 March) several innovations will be presented by Agri-Tech East to participants of the meeting.