General Sessions
Thursday

Continental Breakfast – Three Rivers Convention Center, Kennewick

Do Healthier Soils Produce Better Potatoes? Results from On-Farm Studies, Steve Culman, OSU, Madras

Analysis of Historical Seed Acreage of Table Stock Cultivars, Max Feldman, USDA-ARS Prosser, WA

In-season Potato Fertilization: How Do I Interpret My Petioles, or Do I?, Mark Pavek, WSU, Pullman

Discussion on Bruise Management, Nora Olsen, University of Idaho, Kimberly

Direct Tuber Testing for Detection of Potato Pathogens, Chakradhar Mattupalli, WSU, Mount Vernon

Automated Identification of Plant-parasitic Nematodes of Potato at Genus Level, Cynthia Gleason, WSU, Pullman

Where Are the Nematodes? Sampling to Facilitate Nematode Management Decisions, Inga Zasada, USDA-ARS, Corvallis

A Systems Approach in Developing Improved Potato Varieties with Resistance to Columbia Root Knot Nematode, Sagar Sathuvalli, OSU, Hermiston

Incorporating RNAi Based Insecticides in Control Programs as Reduced-risk Tools, Russ Groves, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Hosted Luncheon, Convention Center

Introducing New Entomologists, Louis Nottingham, WSU Mount Vernon, and Armando Falcon-Brindis, University of Idaho, Parma

Palmer Amaranth and Other Emerging Weeds, Albert Adjesiwor, University of Idaho, Kimberly and Joel Felix, Oregon State University, Malheur

Response to EPA Rulings Regarding Pesticide Use in Consideration of the Endangered Species Act, Abigail Nickelson, Washington State Department of Agriculture

Assessment of Blackheart Resistance in Potatoes, Roy Navarre, USDA-ARS, Prosser

Blackleg: The Current Situation, Gary Secor, North Dakota State University, Professor

New Approaches to Potato Pest Management in a Changing World, Stuart Reitz, OSU, Malheur

The Brave New World of Insect and Nematode Control in Potatoes, Alan Schreiber, Agriculture Development Group, Eltopia, WA

Predicting Potato Plant Daily Water Use, Mark Pavek, WSU, Pullman