Six Management Options For Cull Potatoes
By Kasia Duellman, Nora Olsen, J. Benton Glaze Jr., Pamela J. S. Hutchinson Cull potatoes are low-market-value tubers, unusable or disposable, often due to overproduction. Because they are grown at…
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Aberdeen Potato IPM Field Day on August 16
Topics will include fungicide seed treatments, managing foliar diseases, breeding for disease resistance, timing and speed of different vine desiccants, the impact on blackspot bruise, and more. Registration begins at…
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Check Risk for Volunteer Potato Survival in Idaho
Potato growers in Idaho have a resource from the Idaho Crop Alerts Network to check their growing area for volunteer potato risk. Volunteer potatoes are potato tubers that are left…
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Smoke Exposure Linked to Smaller, Misshapen Potatoes, According to U of I, BSU Study
Potato plants exposed to extreme smoke produced lower marketable yields than smoke-free plants, according to preliminary data from a joint University of Idaho and Boise State University study. Results differed…
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Aberdeen Weed Tour Date Changed to June 28
The date for the University of Idaho Snake River Weed Management Tour and Field Day in Aberdeen, Idaho, has been pushed back one week, to June 28. There is also…
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Simulated Rainfall Study Highlighted at Snake River Weed Day June 22 and 28
UI Research Studies Herbicide Damage to Potatoes Caused by Heavy Rainfall By John O’Connell Farmers throughout southern and eastern Idaho were befuddled by the bizarre symptoms of crop damage that…
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Grand Opening of Seed Potato Germplasm Lab at UI
The Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the University of Idaho’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to officially recognize the opening of the new Seed…
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What Do I Do About My Slimy Vines?
By Jeff Miller, Trent Taysom, and Terry Miller, Miller ResearchNora Olsen, University of IdahoWe have received multiple phone calls about how to deal with “slime” in the potato canopy. The…
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Potatoes, Pollinators, and Pesticides – Do They Mix?
By Mike Thornton, Nora Olsen, and Erik WenningerUniversity of Idaho There has been a lot of discussion lately about pesticides and their impact on honey bees and other pollinators. A…
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