Diseases
Second generation Innate potato cleared by Canadian government
Health Canada and Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) have completed the food, feed, and environmental safety assessments of J.R. Simplot’s secon... more »
Miller Research Station to host pest management field day
Miller Research will host its annual pest management field day Aug. 16 at its facility located near Acequia, Idaho. The day will be highlighted by ... more »
Protect at row closure with Endura® and Priaxor® fungicides
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Maine Potato Board highlights industry research
The Maine Potato Board has introduced a new research section in its monthly Maine Potato News e-newsletter. The Potato Research Corner will briefly hi... more »
AMVAC completes ChemChina product acquisitions
AMVAC Chemical Corporation has completed the acquisition of three crop protection product lines – abamectin, chlorothalonil and paraquat – from Ad... more »
$558.6K in NIFA grants awarded to research projects
The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is awarding $558,600 in funding to support two research and Extension grants that addres... more »
Syngenta potato blight hotlines deliver insights to growers
Long-standing partnerships between Syngenta and key researchers on the potato blight hotlines continue in 2017. The hotlines provide growers in Idaho... more »
NDSU to operate free Potato Blightline service
The Plant Pathology Department at North Dakota State University will again be providing the potato Blightline service at no charge to the potato indus... more »
International disease summit will focus on dickeya, pectobacterium
Two bacteria threatening the potato industry worldwide will be the focus of a Potato Disease Summit, November 9th in Bangor, Maine, convened by th... more »
UPI introduces two new herbicide products
UPI has launched two new herbicides in the U.S. MOCCASIN is a post-patent herbicide containing the active ingredient S-metolachlor (the same active... more »
