43rd Annual Western Washington Potato Workshop

Agenda

9:00 Opening Remarks

Don McMoran WSU Skagit County Extension, Burlington

9:10 WSU NWREC
Dr. Carol Miles

9:20 Washington State Potato Commission
Brandy Tucker Director of Marketing/Industry Affairs Washington State Potato Commission

9:35 Skagit County Pest Board
Dr. Charlie Coslor WSU Skagit County Extension and WSU NWREC

9:55 Updates from the Soil Health Initiative Mount Vernon Long-Term Site
Dr. Gabe LaHue WSU NWREC, Mount Vernon
Dr. Deirdre LaHue WSU NWREC, Mount Vernon

10:15 Updates from the Berry and Potato Pathology Program
Dr. Chakradhar Mattupalli WSU NWREC, Mount Vernon

10:45 Break

11:00 Does better soil health increase potato yield and quality?
Dr. Deirdre LaHue WSU NWREC, Mount Vernon

11:15 Molecular Advances and Diagnostic Support for Nematode Management
Dr. Cynthia Gleason WSU Plant Pathology, WSU Pullman
Casandra Bates WSU Plant Pathology, WSU Pullman

11:45 Variety Trials
Dr. Mark Pavek WSU, Pullman

Meat & Potatoes Lunch Sponsor

12:45 WSU Skagit County Extension Programing
Don McMoran WSU Skagit County Extension, Burlington

1:00 Palmer Amaranth and Yellow Nutsedge
Dr. Rui Liu WSU IAREC, Prosser

1:20 Soil physical health, soil moisture, and irrigation requirements in potatoes
Dr. Gabe LaHue WSU NWREC, Mount Vernon

1:45 Break

2:00 Pests and Beneficial Insects in Western WA Potatoes
Dr. Louis Nottingham WSU NWREC, Mount Vernon
Ben Diehl WSU NWREC, Mount Vernon

2:30 More than skin deep – Getting beautiful potatoes
Dr. Jeff Miller Principle Field Investigator, Miller Research LLC

3:00 Evaluation & Adjourn

Thanks to our Gold Sponsors:

Thanks to Our Silver Sponsors:

Following the workshop, a Social Hour will be held at Shawn O’Donnell’s Sponsored by

Reminder: Education Credits

An application to the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) has been requested for 4 pesticide credits

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