Bayer Announces EPA Approval of Luna Pro
New Bayer potato fungicide offers growers control of early blight, white mold and other key potato diseases. Bayer has announced Luna® Pro fungicide has received EPA registration. Luna Pro is a…
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WPC Webinar: Potato Tuber Blemish Diseases
The World Potato Congress Inc. is presenting a webinar with Dr. Alison Lees, Potato Pathologist with The James Hutton Institute, Dundee, UK on February 28, 2023 at 9.00am Eastern Standard Time (EST). Webinar Title: Potato…
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Online Potato School Set For December 13
Strike Fumigants and TriCal Group are sponsoring a free, online Potato School on Tuesday, December 13 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Schedule: Dr. Gary Secor, North Dakota State…
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USDA: Extent of PEI Potato Wart Crisis Likely Larger, Current Mitigation Insufficient
On October 14, USDA’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) released a comprehensive report on the current status of the potato wart crisis on Prince Edward Island, Canada, stating that PEI’s potato…
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Crop-Eating Invasive Stink Bug Habitat Could Expand Greatly With Climate Change
A foul-smelling, voracious, wide-spread pest could become even more ubiquitous with climate change. A recent modelling study found that changing weather could increase suitable habitat for the brown marmorated stink…
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Soil For Tomorrow
Expert insights on improving soil health, controlling nematodes and enhancing the profitability of your harvested crops. Corteva Agriscience has a website and resource center for growers looking to improve their…
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Protect Potato Crops From Pests and Disease For Stands That Deliver
A strong early-season potato stand provides opportunity for increased quality marketable yield As potato growers are working to maximize their yield potential for the 2022 harvest, it’s also time to…
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Three Steps to Defeat a Beetle with Numerous Ways to Resist
Farmers who implement an integrated control program can stay ahead of Colorado potato beetle and other insects that challenge their high yield goals. An insect with a penchant for potato…
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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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‘Super Pest’ Colorado Potato Beetle Has the Genetic Resources to Sidestep Our Attacks
By Eric Hamilton The Colorado potato beetle has evolved resistance to more than 50 different kinds of insecticides, making the insect a “super pest” that wreaks havoc on potatoes around the…
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