July/August 2006

• Banking on Potatoes The U.S. Potato Genebank is just that; a bank containing 5,000 populations kept as botanical seed, encompassing about 150 species.
• Storage Management While temperature is probably the most important potato storage concern, another important step in storing potatoes is ensuring adequate relative humidity levels in the storage shed.
• Time to Shine
• Vine Kill and Disease Management After growers apply the desiccants that will kill their potato vines and set the stage for harvest, it’s not yet time to park the sprayer. They should plan to return within three or four days to make the first of perhaps two applications of fungicide depending on how fast the vines die.