Carrie Huffman Wohleb
Protect Your Potato Crops During Heat Waves
Irrigate to supply needed water and keep plants cool when it’s hot.
Navigating the Smokey Haze — Impacts of Wildfire Smoke on Potatoes
Smoke and ash from wildfires are harmful to your health. Here’s what we know about how they affect your crops.
How To Recognize When Herbicides Are Impacting Your Potato Seed Tubers
Herbicide carryover can inhibit sprouting, delay emergence, and cause various sprout, stem, and leaf distortions.
Nematicides Know-How: Ways To Help Rid Your Potato Crops of Nematodes
Nematicides can be complicated to use. Here are some tips to consider before your next application.
Protect Your Potato Crops From Plant-Parasitic Nematodes
The key to success in defending against these microscopic worms is to understand what you’re dealing with.
Keep an Eye Out for Signs of Heat Stress in Your Potato Crops
Potatoes cope with the heat in multiple ways. Learn the indicators and what they mean for your crop.
Select the Right Fungicide to Protect Your Potatoes
Basic product knowledge can advance a successful production plan for your crops.
How To Stop Colorado Potato Beetles From Sacking Your Spuds
Here are a few tips to control notorious pest and avoid insecticide resistance.
Potato Pink Eye a Disorder Growers Need to Watch Out For
Though not a disease, Periderm Disorder Syndrome can make tubers more susceptible while also creating external and internal damage. Here’s a primer.
All Vines and No Taters? A Potato Grower’s Frustration
This old insult stems from producers whose harvest underwhelm. Here’s why it happens.
Can You Spot the Differences Between Potato Viruses and Leaf Symptoms?
Identifying issues with some diseases can be easy, if you know what to look for.
5 Steps To Distinguish Abiotic vs. Biotic Problems in Potatoes
These guidelines will help you better understand how to protect your crop moving forward.
What Have We Learned from 30 Years of Sweet Corn Seed Treatment Trials?
Here are the latest insights from the International Sweet Corn Development Association.
What You Can Do To Protect Your Potato Crop from Yellow Nutsedge
If you do not have a problem with this weed yet, you should be vigilant to keep it that way.
How the Most Popular Potato in the U.S. Reached Its Status
Learn why the Russet Burbank cultivar is so successful.
Strategies for Potato Mop-Top and Tobacco Rattle Viruses
Despite their similar appearances, these two diseases need differing treatments.
Have Potato Seed Problems? This Program Can Help
A 56-year-old Washington seed lot trial evaluates potato seed and highlights seed-borne diseases.
How to Avoid Harvest Damage to Potatoes
There are several ways mechanical harvesting can injure your crop. Follow these tips to help protect your investment.
Why Physiological Age of Potato Seed Tubers Counts
If you understand how this factor impacts production, you can partially manage your crop before you plant it.