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Funding Program:
Integrated Pest Management Competitive Grants Program |
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Project Title:
Developing a Roadmap Towards Sustainable Management of Soilborne Potato Diseases. |
Project Director (PD):
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Lead State: ID Lead Organization: University of Idaho |
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Cooperating State(s):
Colorado |
| Undesignated Funding: $21,000 |
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Start Date: Mar-02-2015 End Date: Feb-29-2016 |
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Pests Involved: Soilborne pathogens |
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Site/Commodity: potato |
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Area of Emphasis: soil health, fumigant alternatives |
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Summary:
Fumigation is the primary tool stakeholders use to control soilborne pathogens and the diseases that they cause on potato. However, the marketplace preferences for food produced using less total pesticide and the ever increasing use restrictions and rules from the Environmental Protection Agency regarding soil fumigant applications are encouraging the industry to consider alternatives to fumigation. Through the initiative of the potato stakeholders, this consortium has come together to work toward the reduction of reliance on fumigant inputs in potato production. This will require obtaining information and developing technology necessary to manage diseases and defects caused by soilborne pathogens without relying on soil fumigation. The use of methyl bromide has been severely restricted in strawberryproduction. Significant research has been completed to identify alternatives and the potato research group will be looking to the strawberry system for guidence. This is a Work Group Proposal to fund a Work Group Meeting to bring together diverse points of view, backgrounds, and production practices of the potato industry to identify system wide solutions and develop non-fumigant management strategies for major production-limiting soilborne diseases in potato production. Success will depend on thorough and careful planning. It will require building collaborations among the potato industry leaders from grower organizations and food processing companies,along with research scientists, economists and extension specialists that do not currently exist. The initial outcome will the development of a Specialty Crop Research Innitative Standard Research and Extension Proposal in 2015.
Objectives: The objective of the Potato Soil Health Work Group Meeting is to provide the participants with an overview of the current research in progress investigating replacements for methyl bromide use in strawberry production to control soilborne diseases and identify how these could be applied to potato production. In addition, updates will be presented on current research on aspects of potato soil health. The main Objective will be to encourage participants to think outside the box to identify new lines of research to investigate ways to control soilborne diseases of potatoes in order to reduce fumigant use in potato production. |
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