| 2006 WSU Potato Field Day
Friday, June 23, 2006
Location: WSU Othello Research Unit
(6 miles East of Hwy. 26/17 Junction, on Booker Rd,
¼ mile South of Hwy. 26)
Schedule of Events
8:30 - 9:00 am - Coffee and rolls
9:00 - 10:20 am - Visit Seed Lot Trial
10:30 am - 12:30 pm - Field Tours and Workshop
11:50 - 1:30 - Hosted Lunch
Concurrent Session I (10:30 - 11: 50)
Potato Cultural Practices Field Tour
10:30 am - Nitrogen x In-Row Spacing x Harvest Date for A95109-1 and Reduced In-Season Nitrogen on 8 Varieties (Mark Pavek, Ed Driskill, and Zach Holden - Washington State University, Pullman)
10:45 am - Breeding for Resistance to Soil-Borne Diseases and Pests (Chuck Brown - USDA/ARS, Prosser)
11:00 am - Seed Handling Affects Crop Performance & Value for Columbia Basin Growers (Rick Knowles, Lisa Knowles, and Nora Fuller - Washington State University, Pullman)
11:15 am - Target Stem Numbers for Optimizing Tuber Size Distribution and Crop Value (Rick Knowles, Lisa Knowles, and Nora Fuller - Washington State University, Pullman)
11:30 am - Crop Growth & Storability Profiles for Newly Released Cultivars (Rick Knowles, Mark Pavek, Lisa Knowles, Ed Driskill, Nora Fuller, Zach Holden – Washington State University, Pullman)
11:40 am - Are Some Potato Cultivars Really More Susceptible to PVY and Why? (Dan Hane and Phil Hamm - Oregon State University, Hermiston)
Concurrent Session II (10:30 - 11:45)
Potato Pest Management Field Tour
10:30 am - Timing and types of Fungicide Application for Effective Black Dot (Colletotrichum coccodes) and White Mold (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) Control, Tom Cummings & Dennis Johnson - Washington State University, Pullman)
10:45 am - Are Some Potato Cultivars Really More Susceptible to PVY and Why? (Dan Hane and Phil Hamm - Oregon State University, Hermiston)
11:05 am - Biocontrol Using Beneficial Nematodes (Ricardo Ramirez II and Bill Snyder - Washington State University, Pullman)
11:20 am - Common Beneficial Insects (and Spiders) in Potatoes (Bill Snyder - Washington State University, Pullman)
11:35 am - Does Predator Biodiversity Improve Biological Control? (Cory Straub and Bill Snyder - Washington State University, Pullman)
Concurrent Session III (10:30 - 12:20)
Potato Pest Management Workshop
10:30 am - Development and Management of Bacterial Rot in the Columbia Basin (Dennis Johnson and Tom Cummings – Washington State University, Pullman)
11:00 am - Impact of the Purple Top Disease on Potato Tuber Processing Quality (Joseph Munyaneza – USDA-ARS Yakima)
11:15 am - The Leafhopper and Tuber Worm Trapping Network (Andrew Jensen – Washington State Potato Commission)
11:30 am - Strengths an Weaknesses of Two New Potato Herbicides: Dimethenamid-P (Outlook) and Flumioxazin (Chateau) (Rick Boydston - USDA-ARS, Prosser)
12:00 pm - Biology and Economic Impact of the Potato Cyst Nematodes, Globodera pallida and Globodera rostochiensis (Ekaterina Riga - Washington State University, Prosser)
11:50 - 1:30 - Hosted Lunch
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