2008 WSU Potato Field Day
Friday, June 27, 2008
8:30am-1:30pm
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 a.m. - Coffee and Rolls
- 9:00 - 10:20 a.m. - Visit Seed Lot Trial
- 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Field Tours and Workshop
- 11:50 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Hosted Lunch
Concurrent Session I: Potato Cultural Practices Field Tour
10:30 am PVMI – Where is my money going?
Jeanne Debons – Potato Variety Management Institute, Bend, OR10:45 am How to Monitor for Tuberworm Using Pheromone Traps
Andrew Jensen – Washington State Potato Commission – Moses Lake11:00 am Seed Productivity, Tuber Maturity & Postharvest Quality Studies
Rick Knowles, L. Knowles, D. Zommick, G.N.M. Kumar, M. Pavek, N. Fuller – WSU, Pullman11:15 am Screening New Potato Cultivars for Water Use Efficiency
Mark Pavek, Zach Holden, Rudy Garza, Josh Rodriguez – WSU, Pullman11:30 am Defining In-Season Nitrogen Rates and Application Timing to Maximize Potato Profits
Chris Hiles, Mark Pavek, Zach Holden, Rudy Garza, Josh Rodriguez – WSU, Pullman11:45 am Manipulating Source/Sink Relationships & Profit Potential through N Management
Rick Knowles, Mark Pavek, Lisa Knowles, Zach Holden – WSU, Pullman
Concurrent Session II: Potato Pest Management Field Tour
10:30 am PVMI – Where is my money going?
Jeanne Debons – Potato Variety Management Institute, Bend, OR10:45 am How to Monitor for Tuberworm Using Pheromone Traps
Andrew Jensen – Washington State Potato Commission – Moses Lake11:00 am Developing Management Tactics for Soil-borne Diseases: Powdery Scab, Black Dot, & Verticillium
Tom Cummings, Dennis Johnson - WSU, Pullman11:15 am Potato Variety Resistance to Black Dot and Powdery Scab
Nadav Nitzan, Chuck Brown – USDA/ARS - Prosser
11:35 am Insect Pathogens and Predators in Biocontrol
Ricardo Ramirez, Bill Snyder - WSU, Pullman
Concurrent Session III: Potato Pest Management Workshop
10:30 am Searching for Rainbows Without the Rain
Tom Hoffmann – Washington State Department of Agriculture – Moses Lake11:00 am Double Fumigation to Control Root Knot Nematodes in Potatoes Destined for International Markets: Bio-fumigation in Combination with Synthetic Nematicides
Ekaterina Riga – WSU, Prosser
11:25 am Loopers, Armyworms, and Cutworms as Potato Pests
Peter Landolt – USDA/ARS, Wapato11:50 am The Diverse Community of Beneficial Predators, Parasitoids, and Insect Pathogens in Potatoes
Bill Snyder – WSU, Pullman
CCA and pesticide recertification credits have been applied for (WA, OR, ID & MT).
2008 WSU Potato Field Day Schedule of Events
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