Carrie Huffman Wohleb

When hail hits potatoes, what happens next matters more than the storm itself — and the right response can make or break yield recovery.

Managing bacterial blackleg starts with seed. Here’s essential information to understand how blackleg develops and how to reduce its impact.

Purple top, zebra chip, and PVY can mimic one another. Understanding how and when to confirm the culprit helps avoid costly mistakes in potato crops.

If you understand how potato skin forms and firms, you’ll be able to protect crop quality at harvest.

Early blight, caused by Alternaria solani, reduces potato yield and quality and is best managed with cultural practices and fungicides.

Find out what role flowering has in tuber crops like potatoes.

To get the best results from a lab, there are a few steps you need to take before sending in the specimen.

If you understand how potato plants use water from planting to harvest, you’ll avoid causing injury from too much or too little irrigation.

Wound healing and precutting potato seed pieces provides a natural barrier.

Understanding their characteristics will help you choose the right product for the best effect.

To solve this who-done-it, put your gumshoe skills to work.

Irrigate to supply needed water and keep plants cool when it’s hot.

Smoke and ash from wildfires are harmful to your health. Here’s what we know about how they affect your crops.

Herbicide carryover can inhibit sprouting, delay emergence, and cause various sprout, stem, and leaf distortions.

Nematicides can be complicated to use. Here are some tips to consider before your next application.

The key to success in defending against these microscopic worms is to understand what you’re dealing with.

Potatoes cope with the heat in multiple ways. Learn the indicators and what they mean for your crop.

Basic product knowledge can advance a successful production plan for your crops.

Here are a few tips to control notorious pest and avoid insecticide resistance.

Though not a disease, Periderm Disorder Syndrome can make tubers more susceptible while also creating external and internal damage. Here’s a primer.