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Educational Materials: Detailed Descriptions
Second Edition!
Integrated Pest Management for Potatoes in the Western United States 
Publication 3316 -
167 pages - $32.00
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This is the most complete and best-illustrated guide
available for managing potato pests under western farming conditions.
Designed for use by growers, pest control advisors, crop managers, and county agents in the western states, this manual also is an
invaluable reference for anyone interested in potato production. The second edition contains extensively revised sections on aphid
management and virus transmission, leafhoppers and phytoplasma transmission, late blight, bacterial early dying, black dot, silver scurf, and
cover crops for nematode management. Inside you will also find 51 new color photos, a section on organic potato production, and a comprehensive
index.
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Thorough Research
Forty university researchers and Cooperative Extension specialists from across the west contributed to the revision of this manual.
- In addition to the excellent color photographs, 58 line drawings, tables, and charts cover critical topics such as:
- plant structure and development
- storage effects on sugar accumulation, dormancy, and aging
- seed quality and production of certified seed potatoes
- characteristics of cultivars grown in the western U.S., including
susceptibility to diseases and physiological disorders
- organic potato production
- scheduling management activities
- monitoring techniques for major pests
- keeping pest monitoring records
- planting techniques
- irrigation scheduling
- fertilization
- pest problems in different growing areas
- differential host test for species of root-knot nematode
- emergence dates for major weed species in different growing areas
More than 210 Photos
More than 210 color photographs and numerous line drawings help identify
more than 120 pests and disorders—including insects, diseases, physiological
disorders, nematodes, and weeds—as well as the common natural enemies
of insects and mites.
Indispensable Resource
"an indispensable resource for all potato workers; no extension
professional can afford to do without one."
--A. R. Mosley, Oregon State University, past president of
Potato Association of America
How to Order
Integrated Pest Management for Potatoes in the Western United States, 2nd edition
Publication 3316 - Published 2006
Price $32.00 - 167 pages - ISBN 1-879906-77-5
This publication is available from the UC ANR Communication Services
catalog. It is also available
by mail; by telephone; at the ANR sales office in Oakland; and at many
of the UC County Cooperative Extension offices. For more information,
see "How to Order Publications."
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