2024 Washington & Oregon Potato Conference

2024 Potato Cultivar Performance Workshop

Tuesday Jan 23, 1:30 pm to 4:50 pm

1:30 pm    Cultivar display – view the clones and cultivars from this year’s trials

1:45           Field performance and agronomy updates of new clones & cultivars

                  Mark Pavek, Zach Holden, Rudy Garza, Vito Cantu, WSU – Pullman, WA

2:10           2023 postharvest storage & quality evaluations

                  Jake Blauer & Nora Fuller WSU – Pullman, WA

2:35           Broad immunity versus strain-specific resistance in potato cultivars: a case study of Payette Russet

                  Alex Karasev, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID

3:00           Oregon potato breeding & variety development program update

                  Vidyasagar ‘Sagar’ Sathuvalli, OSU – Hermiston, OR

3:25           Break

3:35           Update on the Tri-State potato variety development work at Prosser

                  Roy Navarre, USDA-ARS, Prosser, WA

4:00           A first look comparison of Columbia root-knot nematode resistant germplasm with potato industry standards

                  Max J. Feldman, USDA-ARS, Prosser, WA

4:25           Comparison of popular processing and fresh market varieties for agronomic performance in Idaho and Washington

                  Mike Thornton, University of Idaho, and Jake Blauer, WSU-Pullman, WA

4:50           Adjourn