WSU Potato Alerts
Monday Apr 07, 2025
The WSU Potato Alerts e-newsletter covers timely topics important for potato production in the irrigated Columbia Basin. The alerts are issued weekly during the potato-growing season, with additional ...
Managing Potato Psyllids with Insecticides
Monday Jun 16, 2025
Potato psyllids are important pests because they can spread the bacterium that causes zebra chip disease. They cannot be stopped from migrating into potato fields. However, they can be controlled once...
Potato Virus Y
Monday Jun 09, 2025
POTATO VIRUS Y (PVY) is the reason for most potato seed lot downgrades by seed certification agencies. This disease has become increasingly difficult for seed growers to deal with due (mostly) to the ...
What is DAS?
A collaborative project between WSU Extension and the WSU Agricultural Research Center, as well as the University of Idaho.
The WSU-Potato DAS is a web-based platform designed to transfer time-sensitive information to decision makers in the potato industry. This platform features spatial models of insect pests, allowing for better anticipation of highly mobile pest populations. It also runs models for some insect pests to estimate the current status of the issue and provides links to appropriate management and pesticide considerations.
