Jeanne Debons, the former Executive Director of the Potato Variety Management Institute, gives her farewell to the tri-state program and introduces Jenny Durrin-Gentry as the new director.

Jeanne Debons, the former Executive Director of the Potato Variety Management Institute, gives a brief introduction to the videos being made to provide information about the program and the varieties that are being developed.

Mark Pavek describes the agronomy trials carried out in the Columbia Basin by Washington State University. The trials develop and expand on the information available to seed growers about PVMI varieties, to help maximise quality and quantity.

Jacob Blauer is a postharvest physiologist at Washington State University. In this brief video he describes some of the procedures that they follow in testing new varieties of the Tri-State Breeding Program: different storage treatments, etc.

Mike Thornton, Professor of Plant Sciences at the University of Idaho, talks about the work that they do at Parma in identifying new, successful potato varieties.

Making crosses, or, hybridization, of selected beneficial lines.

Production and harvest of True Potato Seed from plants hybridized (crossed) in the greenhouse.

From True Potato Seed to a new variety.

Jonathan Whitworth, a USDA-ARS Research Plant Pathologist, walks through the process of developing clean breeder seed.

With Sagar Sathuvalli, of Oregon State University. Sagar is an Associate Professor, Potato Breeding & Genetics at the Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center.

The University of Idaho's Germplasm Laboratory in Moscow, with former director, Jenny Durrin. To order mini-tubers, germplasm or plantlets, contact the interim director Shannon Kuhl, 208-885-6663. skuhl@uidaho.edu.

Variety Development - Grading Processes: With Sagar Sathuvalli, of Oregon State University

Nora Olsen, a professor at the University of Idaho, who specializes in potato storage, reviews the facility at Kimberly and the current research taking place there.

Rhett Spear, Potato Variety Development Specialist at the University of Idaho's Aberdeen Research & Extension Center, discusses the agronomic characteristics of Gelena Russet, a new variety available through the Potato Variety Management Institute.

Sagar Sathuvalli, Oregon State University Assistant Professor and Potato Breeder discusses the new potato variety Rainier Russet from the Potato Variety Management Institute. Rainier Russet is a high yielding, medium to late maturing dual-purpose potato.

Mark Pavek, Washington State University Potato Research and Extension Specialist, discusses the agronomic and culinary characteristics of La Belle Russet. La Belle Russet is an early maturing dual purpose potato available from the Potato Variety Management Institute.

Jonathan Whitworth, a Research Plant Pathologist with USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, discusses how clean seed are produced for the Tri-State Potato Research and Breeding Program at the Tetonia Research & Extension Center.

Jonathan Whitworth, a Research Plant Pathologist with USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, discusses how PVY testing in Aberdeen is accomplished.

Mike Thornton, Professor of Plant Sciences at the University of Idaho, talks about the work that they do at Parma in identifying new, successful potato varieties.

Othello Field Day Part One: Interview with Mark Pavek

Washington Field Day Part Two: Interview with Chris Voigt, Tina Brandt and Fahrettin Goktepe.

A look at some of the work behind the Program's successful breeding program.

Brian Charlton, Superintendent of the Klamath Basin Research & Extension Center in Klamath Falls, describes the annual field selection of new crosses and second and third year material, key to the success of the breeding program.