Wednesday, January 22, 2020
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast – Three Rivers Convention Center, Kennewick
Silvia Rondon, Moderator
8:05 Welcome
8:10 Do non-traditional additives merit potato grower time and money? Colton Thurgood, WSU Pullman
8:35 Potato disease management from an academic who consults and travels eleven states across four time zones, Neil Gudmestad, North Dakota State University
9:00 Physiological and production considerations associated with early planting – seed performance & crop maturation, Rick Knowles, WSU Pullman
9:30 Keynote: The future of work: jobs will change, not disappear, Amber MacArthur
10:30 Break
10:45 Federal and international issues from the National Potato Council, Kam Quarles, Washington D.C.
11:10 Oregon Potato Commission update, Gary Roth
11:35 Washington State Potato Commission update, Chris Voigt
12:00 Adjourn
12:00 noon-1:30 p.m. Hosted Potato Bar, Trade Show, Convention Center
Matthew Blua, Moderator
1:00 Navigating the smoky haze: impacts of wildfire smoke on potatoes, Carrie Wohleb, WSU Extension, Moses Lake
1:25 Updates from Potatoes USA, Blair Richardson, Denver, CO
1:50 Power Up with Potatoes and Food Hero, Angie Treadwell, OSU Extension, Hermiston
2:15 Potato mop top: Do we know enough to manage this disease? Neil Gudmestad, North Dakota State University
2:40 Break
2:55 Beet leafhopper and the pathogens it transmits: New multidisciplinary research in the Northwest, Dave Crowder, WSU Pullman
3:20 Blocking virus transmission by aphids: An overview of a novel disease management strategy, Michelle Heck, USDA-ARS Ithaca NY
3:45 Characterization of Streptomyces in U.S. potato production identifies diverse common scab pathogenic species and promising biocontrol agents, Chris Clarke, USDA-ARS Beltsville MD
4:10 National fry processing trials: Industry partnered breeding trials to develop new processing varieties, Sagar Sathuvalli, OSU Hermiston
4:35 Adjourn.
Thursday, January 23, 2020
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast – Three Rivers Convention Center, Kennewick
Carrie Wohleb, Moderator
7:55 a.m. Welcome
8:00 Lygus feeding on potatoes: Final report on damage symptomology and potential for impact on yield and quality, Tim Waters, WSU Extension, Pasco
8:25 Suppression of soilborne pathogens – insights from a comparison of diseased and healthy potato fields, Markus Kleber, OSU Corvallis
8:50 Evaluating and improving soil health in OR/WA potato production systems: Year 1, Amber Moore, OSU Corvallis
9:15 IPM-related research on psyllids, leafhoppers, and wireworms at the USDA-ARS in Wapato, Rodney Cooper and Dave Horton, USDA-ARS, Wapato WA
9:45 The situation with Dickeya soft rot bacteria in the U.S. and an update on recent research, Amy Charkowski, Colorado State University
10:10 Break
10:25 Advances in nematode control in potatoes, Alan Schreiber, ADG, Pasco
10:50 How much is seedborne Potato virus Y costing the average Washington grower? Mark Pavek, WSU Pullman
11:15 Production applications for GA & NAA seed treatments, Rick Knowles, WSU Pullman
11:40 Limiting a superpest: Colorado potato beetle in the Pacific Northwest, Michael Crossley, University of Georgia
12:05 -1:00 p.m. Hosted Luncheon, Convention Center
Ken Frost, Moderator
1:00 p.m. MH-30 inhibits potato cell division, yield, and grower profits, Colton Thurgood, WSU Pullman
1:25 Pest problems that can be brought into a field in or on seed tubers, and which ones to worry about the most, Ken Frost, OSU Hermiston
1:50 Herbicides and herbicide resistance on the Columbia Plateau, Ian Burke, WSU Pullman
2:15 Break
2:30 Potassium requirements for various potato varieties in the Columbia Basin of Oregon, Ray Qin, OSU Hermiston
2:55 Genetics, Measurement, and Standardization Within The Potato Genetics Lab at USDA/ARS – Prosser, WA, Max Feldman, USDA-ARS Prosser
3:20 New tools for identifying root-knot nematodes and inducing resistance in potato, Cynthia Gleason, WSU Pullman
3:45 Studies on the mysterious foliar damage in Northwest potato in recent years, Kylie Swisher Grimm, USDA-ARS Prosser, WA
4:10 Adjourn
Credits:
Certified Crop Advisors
Tues, Cultivar Workshop:
2 credits, crop management
Wed, General Session:
1.5 credits, crop management;
3.0 credits professional development;
2.0 credits, pest management
Thurs, General Session:
0.5 credits, soil and water;
2.5 credits, crop management;
3.0 credits, pest management
Idaho Pesticide Recertification Credits
Tues, Cultivar Session, NONE
Wed, General Session: 2 credits
Thurs, General Session: 4 credits