tuberworm

Washington State University reported Friday that potato psyllids were reported on 86% of sticky card traps on monitored fields across the Columbia Bain. School officials added there is one “hot spot” for potato psyllids action this season, north of the Tri-Cities in Franklin County. And while ...

WSU issued their first potato pest report of the year over the weekend.   The current late blight forecast shows a more than 85 percent chance of late blight in both the North and South Basins. There is no late blight yet but culls and tuber refuse need to be eliminated, volunteer potatoes in fields where late blight was present last year need to be managed, and fields should not be over irrigated