Psyllid captures declined a bit this week
The Pacific Northwest Pest Alert is reporting that psyllid captures are slightly down. This week they had traps deployed in 81 of the 82 fields (98.7%) monitored this year, and…
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First Lso-Positive Psyllids Found in Idaho
The Pacific Northwest Pest alert is reporting that Lso-positive psyllids have been found in Idaho. They had traps deployed in 83 fields and found a total of 59 psyllids across…
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WSU Psyllid Monitoring Report
Washington State University (WSU) found potato psyllids on sticky cards in four monitoring network fields last week, and crop consultants submitted six more. It looks like things are picking up. …
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Potato Herbicide Solubility and Effects
Potato Herbicides Spring 2019: Where are they and what are they doing? Pamela J.S. Hutchinson, Potato Cropping Systems Weed Scientist, University of Idaho Aberdeen R&E Center You may be wondering…
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Late Blight Concerns
According to the WSU Potato Pest Alerts: The cool, rainy weather this week increases the probability that we will see late blight in the Columbia Basin. Late blight has not…
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Kyle Coleman at 2019 Potato Expo
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Pink Eye of Potato
by Yi Wang, UW-Horticulture and Amanda Gevens, UW-Madison Plant Pathology What is pink eye? Pink eye is a disorder of potato tubers that can cause costly storage losses for potato growers and…
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Insect Monitoring Report
Washington State University Extension is reporting that they found potato psyllids on 10% of the traps deployed for their monitoring network, but they saw some more on cards brought to…
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Free Soil Health Testing
WSU Extension is offering free soil health testing to a limited number of growers in Eastern Washington. Growers can see how their soils measure up when compared to similar soils…
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Colorado Potato Beetle Management Innovations
By Mark Milenski and Manuel Campos, Entomologist, BioSafe Systems The year 1859 may not hold much significance to most people in the potato industry; however, it was during that…
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