Potatoes

Two WSU plant pathologists launching USDA-funded research into better plant protection

Annual day of shared knowledge helps Northwest potato industry

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WSU researchers are part of a team that developed new potato varieties with lower environmental impact, and were recently accepted by McDonald’s for their french fries.

Zebra chip disease may be a short-lived Northwest menace, thanks to a nearly $2.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative.

The potato psyllid insect pest is being seen in rapidly growing numbers across the Pacific Northwest, but few so far have been found to carry a potentially devastating disease.

The watermelon crop has declined dramatically in Washington because of disease. But Washington State University researchers are developing a solution that involves grafting watermelon plants onto squash and other vine plant rootstocks.

WSU’s Big Ideas Campaign Continues to Flourish for Fruit Cherry and stone fruit growers throughout the state have agreed to make a $5 million investment over the next eight years at WSU research and extension centers in Prosser and Wenatchee. This builds on a similar measure voted on by apple and pear growers in 2011 […]

PULLMAN, Wash. – Consumers will soon be able to leave potatoes on the shelf a good deal longer, with federal regulators approving a natural food additive that will keep tubers from sprouting.

OTHELLO, Wash – The Washington State University Potato Research Group will host its annual Potato Field Day starting at 8:30 a.m. on June 23 at the Othello Research Farm.