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2017 Tri-State Tour Updated September 25^th 2017 Single hill selection at Aberdeen, week beginning September 25^th : (Rain affected, see notes below:) Tuesday, October 3^rd - Hermiston Wednesday, October 4^ththru Friday, 6^th - single hills selection at Klamath Falls Update on Single Hill Selection at Aberdeen Almost 1.5” of rain fell Wednesday evening into Friday of last week. We are now planning on digging single hills on Wednesday morning (the 27th), with selection to begin out in the field around 10:30 am (allowing diggers to get ahead of selecting group). Please come to main U of I office building around 10:00 am prior to going to the field. Also, if you are coming, please let me know so I have a head count for participants (those who have already contacted me, thank you for letting me know). Thanks, Rich - 208 851 2154 For up to the minute information regarding Hermiston and Klamath Falls dates and start times, please contact the following: Hermiston Sagar 541 223 1699 Klamath Falls Brian 541 591 1255	Clearwater Russet (AOA95154-1)
Specialty Varieties for Trial The Tri-State Breeding Team has announced lines that are available for possible exclusive licenses. Click on the Exclusive Opportunities button to the left for more details. Mini-tuber Orders for 2018 Jenny Durrin at the Nuclear Seed Potato Lab at the University of Idaho is starting to multiply tissue culture plantlets for the next greenhouse crop which will be available Spring 2018. Mid-December is the deadline if you are interested in ordering any long dormancy varieties such as Teton Russet, Alpine Russet or others. Long Dormancy lines are starred* and in bold below- Due to limited greenhouse space, shorter dormancy varieties should also be ordered at this time. Deadline is early February. (PDF) See the list of available varieties. PVMI Varieties have had their Fingerprints taken!! Dr. Vidyasagar (Sagar) Sathuvalli, Assistant Professor Potato Breeding and Genetics with his colleagues at Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center (HAREC), Oregon State University, have established the SSR Fingerprints for the PVMI varieties as well as for some other common lines. These are now available. (PDF) The fingerprinted varieties! For more information, contact: Sagar on 541 567 6337 or email: vidyasas@hort.oregonstate.edu Change of Address Please note that with immediate effect the address for all payments to PVMI will be: PVMI, Inc., 60380 Chickasaw Way, Bend, OR, 97702, United States of America 2016 Royalty Form Available For Download Go to the list of Documents and Agreements... » Tri-State Brochure A new brochure about the TriState Research and Breeding Program is now available. Click here to download a (PDF) Contact jeannedebons@msn.com for paper copies.	Nitrogen Rates for PVMI Varieties Suggested Full-Season Nitrogen Rates and Associated Petiole N03-N Values for Twelve Potato Varieties when Grown in the Columbia Basin of Washington and Oregon. Click here to retrieve the article from Mark Pavek at WSU (PDF) New Website and Refurbished Research Library Database at www.nwpotatoresearch.com Since 2012 the Washington, Idaho, and Oregon potato commissions have cooperated in research funding and management, and have called this cooperative venture the Northwest Potato Research Consortium. The Consortium has been represented on the Web by www.nwpotatoresearch.com, which included the ‘research library’ developed by the WSPC in the 2000s. Recently, a long-awaited redesign and reprogramming of the website was completed and is now live online. For those of you with research library passwords, your old login will work on the new site. For those without a login and password, there is a user-friendly means to request a password. I encourage everyone to have a look, and of course offer feedback anytime! Andy Jensen, Consortium Manager. New Management Guidelines Management Guidelines have been release for Mountain Gem Russet and Targhee Russet . . . go to the Varieties page. Payette Russet Storage Check out the recently released Payette Russet Storage Bulletin. (PDF) Bulletin CIS 1220 New potato varieties chosen for McDonald’s fries WSU NEWS PULLMAN, Wash. – When it comes to potatoes, french fries are the big outlet for Columbia Basin farmers. And when it comes to selling french fries, McDonald’s is the holy grail. Read the complete release Blazer Russet and Clearwater Russet are now accepted by McDonald's for "golden standard." Read the press release: McDonald's Gilroy Garlic Fries Officially Launch at McDonald's Restaurants Throughout Greater Bay Area Today Results from National Fry Processing Trial The National Fry Processing Trial (NFPT) is a multi-year and multi-location national effort that aims at identifying new potato varieties with low acrylamide forming potential while maintaining or exceeding the agronomic quality and consumer acceptance found in current varieties. Read More... » Zebra Chip (ZC) Essential information about Zebra Chip (ZC) in the Columbia Basin: Identification, Late Season Control, and Storage Read More... » New Tri-State Russets Comparison A Multi year review by Washington State University of several new Tri-State lines shows impressive yields when compared to traditional russets. Read More... » Potatoes and Diabetes Researchers at Montana State University have found that several varieties of potatoes could foil type 2 diabetes. Among them is Huckleberry gold. Read the entire article. (PDF) The Prairie Star, February 5, 2016 Tri-States Specialty Review USDA reviews Tri-State Specialty Potatoes AmaRosa, Purple Fiesta and TerraRosa Click here, to link to the report Potato Virus Y Information At potatovirus.com you will find information related to PVY strains, variety-strain interactions in tubers and leaves, and an excellent collection of photographs showing PVY symptoms under a variety of conditions in selected varieties. A ‘Discussion Forum ?is available for specific questions and can be posed to a variety of experts in this field.
The TriState Selection Tour	Klamath Falls, October 7^th & 8^th, 2015