Potato Production Worldwide

Mehmet Emin Çalışkan has been a professor of agricultural sciences since 2009. He has been a member of The European Association for Potato Research (EAPR) and The Potato Association of America (PAA) since 1997 and has been representative of the EAPR in Turkey since 2006. Additionally he was head of the Agronomy and Physiology section of EAPR during 2008-2104. Potato (production, physiology, and breeding) has been the main focus of his research since the start of his research and academic career. He has more than 100 scientific publications on various aspects of potato research and was an executive of the first project on the Development of National Seed Potato Production System in Turkey. He also advises various companies on seed potato production, cultivar development and Research & Development strategies. Dr. Allah Bakhsh is an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Genetic Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, Nigde Omer Halisdemir University, Turkey. He received his PhD in Molecular Biology from National Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. Later, he completed his postdoctoral research at Agricultural Biotechnology Division, Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara, Turkey. He received the Early Stage Career Research Fellowship for postdoctoral research at Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy. Dr. Bakhsh’s current work is focused on the utilization of modern molecular tools to encode insect resistance trait in Potato and Cotton. He has published over 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals, written 10 book chapters. He is also an academic editor of PLOS ONE and reviewer for more than 10 peer-reviewed international journals. Dr. Khawar Jabran is actively involved in research, teaching and scientific write-up in the discipline of agriculture. His research work is focused on increasing crop yields through improved crop management practices, and management of abiotic and biotic stresses. Recently he is based in a potato growing region, hence, potato is a major focus of his research work. He has more than 150 publications that include research and review articles in peer reviewed journals, edited books, edited conference proceedings, edited special issues in the international scientific journal, papers in the conference proceeding, book chapters in the edited books and popular articles related to agriculture. His editorial roles include Associate Editor in Crop Protection, and Consulting Editor in Sugar Tech.

• 1. History, production, current trends, and future prospects2. Potato taxonomy and wild relatives3. Plant development in potato4. Environmental requirements of potato and abiotic stress factors5. Water management in potato6. Nutrient management in potato7. Weed management in potato8. Insect-pests of potato: importance and management9. Fungal, oomycete, and plasmodiophorid diseases of potato and their control10. Bacterial diseases of potato and their control11. Virus diseases of potato and their control12. Nematodes of potato and their management13. Seed potato production, certification, and trade14. Postharvest physiology and storage of potato15. Recent trends in genetics studies and molecular breeding of potato16. Role of genetic engineering in improving potato production17. Smart agriculture practices in potato production18. Potato production in China19. Potato production in Russia and Ukraine20. Potato production in the United States and Canada21. Potato production in Eastern Europe (Romania, Republic of Moldova, Russia, and Hungary)22. Potato production in Bangladesh23. Potato production in South America24. An overview of potato production in Africa25. Conclusions and future prospective in potato production