AGRONOMIC ARCHIVE

Hollow heart is an internal disorder where a 'lens' or 'star'-shaped cavity forms in the potato tuber. Some varieties are...

Soil health plays a key role in the prevention and management of soilborne potato diseases. Robert Larkin, a USDA-ARS research...

Forecast models are a good tool for starting the spraying process. However, it is important to control the potato whipping yourself....

It’s easy to batter and bruise potatoes during harvest operations. This serious problem costs growers, packers, and processors millions of...

Incorporating a cover crop into commercially grown potatoes could help with soil health and pest pressures. Research is being conducted...

Cover crops are crops which are not sown to be harvested but rather to be incorporated in the soil at...

Although metam fumigants—metam sodium and metam potassium—have proven to be extremely reliable for suppressing weeds, disease and nematodes in potato...

What nurse crops assist potato production? An AAFC team investigates nurse crops that boost seedling success and yields. As with...