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| Certified Seed Potato Brochure
Vegetable research, development and extension activities are delivered through the Vegetable Centre of the Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research (TIAR), a joint venture between the Tasmanian Government and the University of Tasmania. For more information contact Terese.Mackowski@utas.edu.au
 The then Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment (DPIWE) through the Tasmanian Certified Seed Potato Scheme in conjunction with Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association (TFGA) and the Fresh Market Seed Potato Growers Association developed a brochure on Certified Seed Potatoes. The brochure includes information on what certified seed is and how to grow potatoes, as well as variety descriptions and what to use them for.
The aim of the brochure is to promote the benefits of using certified seed to all growers of potatoes and to provide easy to understand information for the home gardener wishing to grow their own potatoes. Fresh Market certified seed growers have access to the brochures to pass on to buyers of their seed. The brochure will also be available to buyers of certified seed potatoes at nurseries, garden centres and other outlets.
By making this information available to growers of potatoes, they will be able to make informed decisions about the varieties that they grow, and that they will choose to plant certified seed. Gardeners can grow healthy potatoes that yield well and that they will enjoy eating.
The use of non-certified seed poses many risks to the potato industry in Tasmania, particularly because non-certified seed can carry diseases which can be transferred to healthy plants via insects or in the soil.
The brochure is available online as a PDF file, or from the contact below.
This is a Portable Document Format (PDF) file and requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader. The Reader is easy to download and is free of charge.
Contact: Seed Potato Certification Officer 2Vegetable research, development & extension is delivered by the Vegetable Centre of TIAR
Seed Potato Certification Officer
Leonie White
Vegetable Centre
Stoney Rise Centre, PO Box 303, DEVONPORT TAS 7310
Phone: 03 6421 7648
Fax: 03 6424 5142
Email: Leonie.White@utas.edu.au
 Department switchboard: 1300 368 550 (local call cost within Australia)
For more information on seed potatoes go to the Why Buy Certified Seed webpage.
For more information on where you can purchase certified seed potatoes go to the 2008 seed potato growers list.
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