General Sessions
Thursday

Continental Breakfast – Three Rivers Convention Center, Kennewick

Management of Potato Black Dot, Chakradhar Mattupalli, Washington State University, Mount Vernon

Powdery Scab – Lessons and Observations from the Field, Brian Charlton, Oregon State University, Klamath Falls

Powdery Scab Disease Management, Mohamad Chikh-Ali, Colorado State University

Updates from the Washington Soil Health Initiative, Chris Benedict and Deirdre LaHue, Washington State University Mount Vernon and Whatcom County

Private Sector Efficiency for the Public Potato Breeding: Insights from Comparison of Domestic and Private European Breeding Programs, Max Feldman, USDA-ARS Prosser

Heat Stress and Safe Applicator Practices, Doug Hartfield, L&I

Variable Rate Irrigation of Potatoes, Elisa Flint, Utah State University

Soil Property Effects on Soilborne Disease and Tuber Yield, Amber Moore, Oregon State University, Corvallis

All Models are Wrong, but Some are Useful: Simple Models Best Inform Pest Management, Dave Crowder, Washington State University, Pullman

Hosted Luncheon, Convention Center