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WSU Potato Alerts
Friday Apr 07, 2023
The WSU Potato Alerts e-newsletter covers topics important to potato production in the irrigated Columbia Basin. The alerts are issued weekly during the potato growing season, with additional issues s...
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Managing Potato Psyllids with Insecticides
Sunday Jun 16, 2024
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, but they can be controlled after the...
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Potato Virus Y
Sunday Jun 09, 2024
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 ...
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Herbicide Carryover in Potato Seed
Tuesday May 21, 2024
Some herbicides can accumulate in daughter tubers if they drift onto or are accidentally applied to potato foliage. This can result in problems the following season when the tubers are used as seed. H...
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Potato Emergence Problems
Friday May 17, 2024
Check out this article by Andy Robinson, North Dakota State University/University of Minnesota; Eugenia Banks, Ontario Potato Board; and Steven Johnson, University of Maine Cooperative Extension. htt...