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WSPC Funded Research Projects For 2011 Field Season

Please contact Andrew Jensen at ajensen@potatoes.com or 509-765-3680
for information about these scientists or projects.

Title

Leader
(Contact No.)

Approved
Funding
Research SupportRick Knowles
(509-335-9502)
$47,000
Regional Survey for Potato Insect Pests in the Columbia Basin of WashingtonCarrie Wohleb
(509-754-2011)
$27,500
Improve Disease Management Tactics for Early Blight, Black Dot, Verticillium Wilt and Powdery ScabDennis Johnson
(509-335-3753)
$40,000
Developmental Profiles & Physiological Processes Affecting Quality of Seed & Processing PotatoesRick Knowles (509-335-3451)$38,500
Washington Commercial Potato Seed Lot TrialMark Pavek
(509-335-6861)
$23,600
Who's Eating Spider Mites? Molecular Tracking of Mite Predation in Washington PotatoesBill Snyder
(509-335-3724)
$20,000
Is It Possible to Determine Economic Thresholds for Beet Leafhopper in the Columbia Basin?Silvia Rondon
(541-567-8321)
$27,161
Development of Crop Protection Chemicals for Potatoes - 2011Alan Schreiber
(509-266-4348)
$48,000
Developing High-Phytonutrient Washington PotatoesRoy Navarre
(509-786-9261)
$32,340
Defining and Selecting Resistance to Powdery Scab and Black Dot in PotatoChuck Brown
(509-786-9252)
$30,000
Toward Pesticide-Reduced Potato Production: Breeding for Resistance to Columbia Root-Knot Nematode and Corky Ringspot DiseaseChuck Brown
(509-786-9252)
$30,000
Evaluation of the Role of Verticillium dahliae and the Pectolytic Bacteria in the Potato Early Dying Complex Brenda Schroeder
(509-335-5805)
$22,812
Evaluation of the Impact of Tuber Maturity on Disease Resistance of Potato Tubers to Storage Diseases Brenda Schroeder
(509-335-5805)
$18,972
Black Dot on Specialty Potatoes in Western WashingtonDebbie Inglis
(360-848-6134)
$21,744
Determining Foliar and Tuber Symptoms and Yield Impact Due to Planting Seed Infected by Different Potato Virus Y Strains in Eight Different Potato Cultivars Phil Hamm
(541-567-8321)
$13,750
Postharvest Quality of Clones in the Western Regional Potato Variety Development ProgramRick Knowles (509-335-3451)$56,600
In-Field Testing to Identify New Potato Varieties and Best Management Practices for Washington GrowersMark Pavek
(509-335-6861)
$53,000
Drip Irrigation to Combat Silver Scurf, Black Dot and Decrease Skin Set Time on Potatoes in Northwestern WashingtonDon McMorran
(360-428-4270)
$13,025
Incidence and Impact of Soil Infested with Verticillium dahliae on Seed Tubers Dennis Johnson
(509-335-3753)
$17,410
New Strategies to Control Root-knot and Root-lesion Nematodes in PotatoAxel Elling
(509-335-3742)
$30,631
Confirmation and Characterization of Herbicide Resistant Weed Populations in Potato Production Areas of the Columbia BasinRick Boydston
(509-786-9267)
$19,161
Development of New Processing Methods for Producing Healthy French Fries Zhongli Pan
(530-979-0332)
$35,000
Field and Storage Management Approaches to Reduce Silver Scurf Infection with the Use of Phosphorous Acid Phil Hamm
(541-567-8321)
$9,000
Surveillance for PVY Strain Types in Washington and Oregon Potato Seed Lot TrialsAlex Karasev
(208-885-2350)
$7,500
New and Highly Damaging Strains of Potato Virus S: Investigations Into Late Blight Resistance and Virus Susceptibility in PotatoHanu Pappu
(509-335-3752)
$19,792
 

Grand Total

$722,498

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