Utafiti wa Miller Waandaa Siku ya Usimamizi wa Wadudu wa Viazi Kaskazini Magharibi mwa Pasifiki huko Idaho

Miller Research, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest Potato Research Consortium, will host a potato pest management field day on August 20 from 8 a.m. to noon at its Rupert, Idaho facility. The event, supported by industry-funded potato commissions from Idaho, Washington, and Oregon, will feature presentations focused on chemical disease management and highlight four consortium-funded research projects. Attendees will gain insights into critical topics including alternatives to Metam soil fumigants for Verticillium control, fungicide program performance for foliar diseases, and management strategies for emerging threats such as Potato Mop Top Virus, Powdery Scab, and Black Dot—a fungal disease of increasing concern in storage.

Jeff Miller, rais na mchunguzi mkuu katika Miller Research, alibainisha kuwa siku ya shambani pia itaangazia mradi wa muda mrefu wa afya ya udongo (unaoendelea tangu 2019) ukichunguza athari za ufukizaji, mbolea, na matumizi ya mbolea ya kijani. Matokeo ya awali kuhusu Mop Top Virus yanaonyesha matumaini, huku dalili zikipungua wakati wa vipindi vya awali vya kuhifadhi, huku utafiti kuhusu Black Dot ukilenga kuelewa asili ya vimelea na kupunguza athari zake kwa mimea na mizizi iliyohifadhiwa. Mradi uliomalizika hivi karibuni kuhusu Bakteria Soft Rot ulionyesha kuwa maandalizi ya kuhifadhi—hasa kukausha mara moja viazi vilivyooshwa—yamethibitika kuwa na ufanisi zaidi kuliko kupunguza michubuko katika kuzuia kuoza. Kwa shinikizo la magonjwa kubaki chini msimu huu, ada ya usajili ya $20 inajumuisha vifaa na chakula cha mchana, huku uwekaji upya wa cheti cha dawa za kuulia wadudu na mikopo ya Mshauri wa Mazao Aliyeidhinishwa inapatikana kwa waliohudhuria.