2024 Miller Research Potato Pest Management Meeting

2024 Miller Research Potato Pest Management Meeting

Miller Research held its annual Potato Pest Management Meeting on February 21, 2024, at the Historic Wilson Theater in Rupert, ID. Handouts from the presentations are available here.

Please contact Jeff Miller (208-431-4420) with any feedback or suggestions for future meetings.

2023 Miller Research Potato Pest Management Meeting

2023 Miller Research Potato Pest Management Meeting

Miller Research held its annual Potato Pest Management Meeting on February 16, 2023, at the Historic Wilson Theater in Rupert, ID. Handouts from the presentations are available here.

Please contact Jeff Miller (208-431-4420) with any feedback or suggestions for future meetings.

Presentations from the 2023 Idaho and WA/OR Potato Conferences

Presentations from the 2023 Idaho and WA/OR Potato Conferences

The 2023 Idaho Potato Conference was held January 18-19 in Pocatello, ID and the 2023 WA/OR Potato Conference was held January 24-26 in Kennewick, WA. Handouts of the presentations given at these meetings are available here:

Please contact Jeff Miller (208-431-4420) with any feedback or suggestions for future meetings.

2022 Miller Research Potato Pest Management Meeting

2022 Miller Research Potato Pest Management Meeting

Miller Research held its annual Potato Pest Management Meeting on February 10, 2022, at the Historic Wilson Theater in Rupert, ID. Handouts from the presentations are available here. If you are interested in getting a copy of the poster shown by Dr. Jonathan Whitworth showing how different potato varieties react to different strains of PVY, please contact Dr. Whitworth directly at [email protected].

Please contact Jeff Miller (208-431-4420) with any feedback or suggestions for future meetings.

2019 Miller Research Potato Pest Management Field Day

2019 Miller Research Potato Pest Management Field Day

Miller Research will be holding their annual potato pest management field day on Thursday, August 15 at the Miller Research facility located near Rupert, ID (426 E 200 N). This event is open to the public and there is no cost to attend. The tour will go from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm and be followed by lunch (no cost).

Topics addressed on the tour will include:

  • Susceptibility of varieties to disease with and without fungicide management.
  • Fungicides for the control of early blight, brown spot, white mold, and black dot.
  • Rhizoctonia management
  • Fungicide programs for managing pink rot and Pythium leak
  • Spore trapping for managing foliar diseases of potato

The presentations will focus on chemical management of diseases and will highlight research which has been funded by the Pacific Northwest Potato Research Consortium. ISDA pesticide recertification credits (2) and CCA-Pest Management credits (2) have been awarded for this meeting.

In order to plan appropriately for lunch, please RSVP by August 7 to Cheryn Clayton at 208-531-5124 or by email at [email protected].

The research highlighted in this field day has been sponsored in part by the Pacific Northwest Potato Research Consortium.