RESEARCH REPORTS

Disclaimer: These reports may contain information from research using products not currently labeled for potatoes. The information is not intended and should not be used as recommendations for use. When applying a chemical, the label is the law and must be followed.

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SEED & PLANTING      
Consequences of poor potato planting
 
Effect of four seed piece spacings
 Effect of missing plants on yield of four potato varieties
 
Effects of removing seed pieces and planting depth on potato yield
 Effects of the season on seed potato physiology and performance
 
Efficient planter performance
On-farm evaluation of potato planter performance
 Risks associated with early potato planting
Tuber Tip: Plant at correct depth 
 Tools for seed-buying decisions
Tuber Tip: Use only certified seed 
FERTILITY
 Humic acid effects on potato response to phosphorus
 Phosphorus nutrition
 Potato variety responses to nitrogen rate and timing
CROPPING SYSTEMS

 
 Rotations and potato disease control
 The value of green manures in potato cropping systems
 
DISEASES
 Bacteria, fungi, and soil health
 Efficacy of phosphite-based fungicides for controlling pink rot and late blight
 
Focusing on some key economic factors for decisions of veticillium management
 
Insecticidal reduction of potato leafroll virus transmission
 Late blight in Idaho-2004
 Managing pink rot
Potato Mosaic Virus: Yield effects, other concerns
 Recognizing and managing bacterial ringrot
 Rhizotonia and black scurf management
 Rotations and potato disease control
 Sclerotinia white mold of potato
 Use of foliar fungicides for managing potato diseases
Using all the tools in the Pink Rot management toolbox
INSECTS & NEMATODES
 Bioecology and basic IPM for potato nematodes
Impact of nematode management options on potato cultivation
 Integrated nematode management
 Insecticidal reduction of potato leafroll virus transmission
 Potato nematode management tactics with biological and chemical strategies
WEEDS
 Herbicide incorporation with varying amounts of irrigation water
 Herbicide resistant management strategies
 Weed control workshop - Potential Losses of Eptam During Sprinkler Application
 Weed Management Workshop: 2005 Potato Conference part 1
 Weed Management Workshop: 2005 Potato Conference part 2
Weed Management Workshop: 2006 Potato Conference part 1
Weed Management Workshop: 2006 Potato Conference part 2
HARVEST
 Components of blackspot bruise
 Factors associated with potential potato blackspot bruising
 Food and farm safety
Potato harvest management
 Vine kill and maturity
IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT
 Deficit irrigation; Managing a potato crop with less water
 Irrigation scheduling tools
 Irrigation tips for new varieties
Managing a potato crop with reduced water supplies
 Potato production with limited water supplies
POTATO BREEDING  & GENETICS


 

 2004 Variety trial results and tables
2005 Potato variety research trial results
 Economic efficiency of variety selection
 Potato variety development screening criteria
  Potato variety and clone descriptions-2004 growing season
Potato variety and clone descriptions-2005 growing season
 Strain selection improves the breed—fact or fiction
STORAGE

 
 Alternative sprout suppressants
Clove oil for potato sprout and silver scurf suppression in storage
 Efficacy of chlorine dioxide in potato storage
 
Impact of ventilation system operation
 Managing potatoes in storage with reference to heat and water stress
Multi-purpose varieties for the Idaho potato grower
 Phosphorous acid efficacy on storage disease control
 Processing quality in storage

 Processing quality: Cultivars, vine kill and storage
MARKETING & ECONOMICS
 Economics efficiency of pest management decisions: diseases
 Economics efficiency of pest management decisions: insects and weeds

 Economics of storing potatoes
 Estimating cost of potato production
 Historical impact of technology on the potato industry
 Quantifying risk in potato production
Tomorrow's opportunities in the potato industry
FOOD SCIENCE, QUALITY & SAFETY
 Anthocyanin and carotenoid contents in potato breeding for the specialty market
GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, & PHYSIOLOGY
 Consequences of heat and water stress
 
Effects of heat and water stress
 
Physiology of tuber bulking
Understanding tuber bulking rates of six potato varieties