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WSPC Funded Research Projects For 2010 Field Season

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

Title

Leader
(Contact No.)

Approved
Funding
Research SupportRick Knowles
(509-335-9502)
$47,000
Efficacy of Different Bait Formulations for Controlling Wireworm in PotatoesDave Horton
(509-454-5639)
$9,100
Evaluating the effectiveness of Mustard Green Manures as an Alternative to Metam SodiumAndy McGuire
(509-754-2011)
$8,770
Regional Surveys for Green Peach Aphid and Potato Leafroll Virus in the Columbia BasinCarrie Wohleb
(509-754-2011)
$25,650
Improve Disease Management Tactics for Early Blight and several Soil-Borne Diseases of PotatoDennis Johnson
(509-335-3753)
$40,000
Factors Affecting Seed Productivity & Post Harvest Quality of New CultivarsRick Knowles (509-335-3451)$38,500
Washington Commercial Potato Seed Lot TrialMark Pavek
(509-335-6861)
$23,600
Who's eating whom? Molecular methods to track predation in Washington potato fieldsBill Snyder
(509-335-3724)
$20,000
Development of Treatment Thresholds for the Beet Leafhopper to Better Manage Potato Purple Top Disease in the Columbia Basin Joseph Munyaneza
(509-454-6564)
$29,000
Development of Crop Protection Chemicals for Potatoes - 2010Alan Schreiber
(509-266-4348)
$50,000
Developing High-Phytonutrient Washington PotatoesRoy Navarre
(509-786-9261)
$30,980
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)
$13,142
Silver Scurf on Potato: A Polycyclic Disease That Requires New Management ApproachesDebbie Inglis
(360-848-6134)
$30,704
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)
$13,445
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
Microbial Control of Potato Pest Insects Above and Below: Control of Loopers and Wireworms Using Insect-Specific Viruses and FungiLerry Lacey
(509-454-4463)
$21,850
Lepidopterous "Worms" On, But Not In, PotatoesRich Zack
(509-335-3394)
$5,611
Increasing the Nutritional Value of Potato: Determination of Vitamins Concentrations in Newly Released Varieties and Advanced Breeding Lines from the Tri-State Breeding Program and in Wild Potato SpeciesAymeric Goyer
(541-567-8321)
$8,806
Drip Irrigation Costs and Efficacy on Potatoes in Western WashingtonDon McMorran
(360-428-4270)
$9,157
Incidence and impact of soil infested with Verticillium dahliae on seed tubers Dennis Johnson
(509-335-3753)
$19,175
Potassium Nutrition Influencing Verticillium (Early Dying) Disease of Russet Burbank PotatoesDennis Johnson
(509-335-3753)
$19,500
Analyzing the Vitamin B6 Content in Potato Varieties to Increase the Nutritional Value of PotatoHanjo Hellman
(509-335-2762)
$9,496
New Strategies to Control Root-knot and Root-lesion Nematodes in PotatoAxel Elling
(509-335-3742)
$29,780
Confirmation and Characterization of Herbicide Resistant Weed Populations in Potato Production Areas of the Columbia BasinRick Boydston
(509-786-9267)
$29,780
Development of New Processing Methods for Producing Healthy French Fries Zhongli Pan
(530-979-0332)
$35,000
 

Grand Total

$739,891

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