The European Association for Potato Research (EARP) organizes in 2017 its 20th Triennial Conference, July 9-14, in Versailles, France, focusing on the main theme of the scientific program “Potato facing global challenges”.

The subjects of the abstracts presented at the scientific program are distributed between the different topics originally identified by the scientific committee of the Conference. More than one third of the papers fall directly under the “pest and diseases” subtheme and 25% in the subtheme “breeding, varietal assessment and seed”.

Among the other main topics, “Agronomy and physiology” and “Post-harvest” will be well represented too. All these presentations will be organized in 24 thematic parallel sessions offering 125 presentations in the conference. These will be completed by the display of 151 posters which will be explained and commented on by the presenting author during two dedicated poster sessions. The current status of art of the different main topics will be addressed in 12 keynote lectures given by international experts.

Specific time slots will also be given for thematic debates by means of 4 workshops, one of which will pay special attention to the EAPR/CIP plan. Eight scientific and cultural excursions will offer the opportunity to participants to discover the main area of potato production in France for the different branches of the industry (breeding, seed production, fresh market, processing) and many aspects of the French R&D developed for potato.

The EAPR consists of nearly three hundred members, scientists from European countries and more, working on all the aspects of potato research and developments, from genomics aspects to production, storage and processing.

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