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 Current
Projects
Research
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Refining
an Idaho aphid monitoring network for managing PVY risk
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Characterizing
Fusarium species associated with and refining management of potato
dry rot in the Pacific Northwest
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Identifying
fungicide resistance in Fusarium sambucinum and other species that
cause potato dry rot
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A network
of spore samplers as an early warning detection system for foliar potato
pathogens
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Assessing
the Potato Virus Y reservoir in Idaho – in volunteer potato,
current-season crop, cull piles, and weeds
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Evaluating
utility of mineral oil plus insecticide regimens in reducing in-season
movement of PVY for seed potato growers
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Utility of
planting variable-sized whole tubers in seed potato production –
using European belt-style planters
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Understanding
importance of late-season movement of PVY in Idaho
Our
on-going Extension Demonstration Trials
Contact us
if you would like to test or demonstrate a product in our annual
demonstration trials or in a separate experimental trial of your design.
Our east Idaho high desert conditions, with warm days, cool nights, and overhead
irrigation, can add another location to your data-collection needs.
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Fusarium-inoculated
trial (inoculated seed pieces)
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Rhizoctonia-inoculated
trial (inoculated soil, endemic tuber-borne)
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Plant Health
trial (non-inoculated, to evaluate biologicals and foliar nutrition
supplements)
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Biopesticides –
influence on PVY incidence in daughter tubers
Extension Outreach
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Ag Talk Tuesdays
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Registration, information
and schedule
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Recordings
– on the UofI YouTube Channel
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Ag Talk Report
– a periodic newsletter
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Seed Potato Research Advisory Group annual meeting – email Kasia
Duellman if you wish to be a member
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Idaho
Potato Conference
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Fusarium dry
rot – pathogen diversity in the Pacific Northwest (PDF)
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