Research & Development

The SEMAE Seed Potato Department gathers professional federations representatives of the potato seedling industry, who jointly decide on initiatives to be financed for their shared benefit. Their contributions help co-finance research programs implemented by INov3PT, the industry’s technical institute.

Project list

2025-2027

The aims of this project are to gain a better understanding of the abiotic factors likely to favour plant susceptibility to PVY infections and to define the actions to be taken in the field to limit the impact of these abiotic factors...

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2025-2027

ECOPUR

The aim of the ECOPUR project is to assess the potential value of optical sensors for supporting seed potato production in the inspection and roguing of two diseases: virus Y and blackleg, in order to make roguing work more efficient (accessibility, earliness, reliability)...

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2025-2027

EPIVECTORS

The aim of this project is therefore to acquire knowledge about the epidemiology of the vectors of harmful organisms in order to identify ways of managing them more effectively and reducing their harmfulness...

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2022-2024

ExpoLots

The export batches are subject to ratings based on official photographic scales. The objective of this project is to develop a smartphone application as a decision-making tool for inspectors when grading batches for export

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2022-2024

IPMY

Viral diseases were the cause of nearly 60% of downgrades during the 2019/2020 seed potato production campaign. This project aims to develop means of integrated control against viruses and their vectors.

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2022-2024

MC STOCK

Potato cultivation is prone to many diseases, including during the storage period. The seed potato sector is studying a set of complementary levers in order to preserve the sanitary quality of the seed potatoes during storage.

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2022-2024

MonYvector

Virus Y is the virus that most often affects potato crops. The monitoring of PVY vectors with innovative connected sensors could make it possible to better control treatments

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