Yearly Archives: 2017
Potato disease severity value and PDAY update
Please follow the link below for an update on disease threshold/forecast values. We are not yet at threshold for either late blight or early blight but weather in WI looks to be generally favorable for disease for the upcoming few days. The DSVS for earlier planted potatoes…
Turn Hunger Into Hope!
Join us on Saturday, June 17th at the Noel Hangar in Stevens Point, WI. Just two short hours of your time means so much to hungry children around the world. Reserve your spot now! Register by clicking here to volunteer.
Vegetable Crop Update #6
Vegetable Crop Update #6* Read full update. *Post Newsletter Update: Since sending out the Veg Crop Updates newsletter, I received several updates regarding new finds of potato late blight along the eastern seaboard – not yet posted to usablight.org. Late blight was detected in northeastern…
Wisconsin Potato Industry Works to Feed Starving Children
Mobile Packing Event Set for June 17 in Stevens Point Making a commitment to alleviate world hunger, the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA) and the Wisconsin Potato Growers Auxiliary (WPGA) are once again sponsoring a potato-meal packing event to help feed hungry children…
Vegetable Crop Update #5
Vegetable Crop Update #5 Click here for a list of Potato Late Blight Fungicides for 2017. Read full update.
Selecting Seed: Best Management Practices for Mitigating Concerns About Dickeya dianthicola and Pectobacterium parmentieri
Selecting Seed: Best Management Practices for Mitigating Concerns About Dickeya dianthicola and Pectobacterium parmentieri (Pectobacterium wasabiae) Now posted at: Fact Sheets / Publications
