cultivars
Technique accelerates isolation of blight resistance genes
Researchers at the Sainsbury Laboratory and Genome Analysis Center have developed a method of accelerating the isolation of plant disease resistance g... READ MORE »
Wisconsin growers’ donation feeds the hungry
From the northern part of the state to the southern region, two Wisconsin potato growers are feeding people in the Badger State and the Midwest by col... READ MORE »
IFCO launches new produce containers
IFCO, a provider of reusable packaging solutions, announced the company's new Wood Grain Reusable Plastic Containers (RPCs) have entered the produce s... READ MORE »
AMS presents GroupGAP webinar
USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) specialty crops inspection division will present a webinar on GroupGAP, a new certification option for the... READ MORE »
Alternatives to chlorothalonil for potato late blight control
Conditions for late blight development throughout Michigan are conducive for the appearance of late blight. No late blight has been found in Michigan ... READ MORE »
Farmers now approved to spray crops with drones
Agriculture is changing right before our eyes.According to recent media reports, a drone large enough to carry tanks of fertilizers and pesticides has... READ MORE »
Get drought ready with new extension website
Washington is in a drought. And there is a lot that we can do about it — with help from the just-launched WSU Extension Drought Website.The new ... READ MORE »
Idaho growers file federal lawsuit
A group of Idaho potato growers have filed a federal lawsuit challenging certain agency actions" governing pale cyst nematodes (PCN) by the USDA's Ani... READ MORE »
OSU researcher dies
Don Horneck, an Oregon State University (OSU) Extension agronomist, died on September 28, 2014.Horneck specialized in soil fertility and crop producti... READ MORE »
Late blight reported in Wisconsin
Late blight has been reported in Wisconsin's Portage County. The strain is of the US-8 genotype.The US-8 genotype is resistant to mefenoxam/metalaxyl ... READ MORE »
