Zebra Chip
Bayer CropScience offers sustainability award
Bayer CropScience is seeking applicants for its Young Farmer Sustainability Award. The fifth annual award recognizes agricultural producers, age 40 an... READ MORE »
PEI seed shipments to U.S. halted
Following the discovery of potato wart on Prince Edward Island (PEI) in August the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) notified the USDA's Animal a... READ MORE »
Psyllid workshops in Tri-States
There are several psyllid/zebra chip/insect recognition workshops planned this spring in Oregon, Idaho and Washington. In Oregon, the Rondon entomolo... READ MORE »
Pest management seminar at Miller Research
Miller Research will be holding two potato pest management research meetings on Mon., Dec. 10.
The morning meeting lasts from 9–12:15. Th... READ MORE »
Zebra Chip identified in Idaho
Erik Wenninger, University of Idaho entomologist at the U of I Kimberly Research and Extension Center, reports that a single potato plant has been id... READ MORE »
Psyllids test positive for Liberibacter in Idaho
Adult psyllids collected on June 19 from a commercial potato field in Twin Falls County have tested positive for Liberibacter, the bacterium that cau... READ MORE »
Psyllids found in Columbia Basin potato fields
Two potato psyllids have been found in commercial potato fields in the lower Columbia Basin, according to a report by Silvia Rondon, Oregon State Uni... READ MORE »
Multi-pronged fight against Zebra Chip disease in potatoes
Thanks to the investigations of scientists-turned-detectives, potato growers in the western United States and abroad now know the identities of the pa... READ MORE »
Zebra chip found in two southern Idaho counties
The University of Idaho reports that zebra chip has been confirmed in Idaho by USDA Agricultural Research Service tests of samples from a potato proce... READ MORE »
