Current Projects
Northwest Potato Research Consortium Cooperative Effort of the Potato Commissions of ID, OR, & WA
Current Funded Projects: Growing Season 2025 / Fiscal Year 2025-26
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Project | Researcher(s) |
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Efficacy of rimsulfuron and metribuzin applied postemergence for controlling Palmer amaranth escapes | Albert Adjesiwor, Joel Felix, Rui Liu |
Yellow Nutsedge Management in Pacific Northwest Potato Production | Rui Liu, Tim Waters, Joel Felix |
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Testing effects of phytohormones and their analogs on host induced resistance to powdery scab | Kiwamu Tanaka, Jeff Miller, and Sagar Sathuvalli |
Management of Verticillium wilt in potato | Chakradhar Mattupalli, Deirdre Griffin LaHue, Ken Frost, Gabe LaHue, Lindsey du Toit |
Minimum continuation of potato cropping systems experiments in Oregon and Idaho | Ken Frost, Jeff Miller |
Managing black dot development on potato tubers | Jeff Miller, Chakradhar Mattupalli, Nora Olsen |
Alternatives to metam fumigation for early dying management | Jeff Miller, Ken Frost |
Support for the investigation of emerging and persistent potato diseases in the Northwest | Kylie Swisher Grimm |
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CDPK20 and Calcium Signaling: Unlocking Resistance Mechanisms in Potatoes | Cynthia Gleason |
Probiotic capsule that boosts potato immunity against root knot nematodes | Cynthia Gleason |
Stubby root nematode: assessment of tobacco rattle virus transmission and nematode fecundity | Kylie Swisher Grimm |
Development of Nematicides for Pacific Northwest Potatoes | Alan Schreiber |
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Evaluating Biopesticides to Minimize Potato Virus Y in Harvested Tubers | Kasia Duellman |
Foliar and tuber symptoms induced by PVY strains in PNW potato cultivars under screenhouse conditions | Alex Karasev, Ken Frost |
Dissecting the effects of genetics, physiology and heat stress on the phenotypic outcomes of infection of potato by potato virus Y | Aymeric Goyer |
Developing RNA Vaccines as Bio-pesticides for Managing Potato virus Y | Hanu Pappu |
Seed lot testing for Potato mop-top virus and Tobacco rattle virus | Kylie Swisher Grimm |
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Development of Insecticides for Pacific Northwest Potatoes | Alan Schreiber |
Testing the efficacy of entomopathogenic fungi in controlling green peach aphid and Colorado potato beetle on potato | Josephine Antwi, Ken Frost, Rodney Cooper |
Evaluating efficacy of a biopesticide against aphid-vectored virus transmission in potatoes | Gina Angelella, Josephine Antwi |
Identifying Aphid Gut Proteins that Interact with the Polerovirus N-terminal Readthrough Domain (NRTD) Using Yeast-2-Hybrid Technology | Michelle Heck |
Evaluating alternatives to neonicotinoids and the impact on virus transmission in seed potatoes | Tim Waters, Alex Karasev |
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Screening potato cultivars for markers of wound response and wound-healing potential | Jake Blauer |
Development of In-Field System to Assess Heat Stress to Improve Management Practices and to Screen for Heat Resistant Genotypes | Jacob Blauer, Soumik Banerjee |
Maleic Hydrazide (MH30) as a potato sprout control alternative to CIPC | Mark Pavek |
Can 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) be used to control fry color defects in unforeseen storage events? | Gustavo Teixeira, Nora Olsen |
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Functional Validation of Candidate Genes for Columbia Root Knot Nematode Resistance | Beth Rowan |
Identification of differentially expressed genes associated with corky ringspot disease resistance in Castle Russet | Sagar Sathuvalli, Kylie Swisher Grimm |
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Nematology and plant pathology qPCR machine | Cynthia Gleason, Kiwamu Tanaka |
Klamath Falls Powdery scab rental field: irrigation and improvements | Brian Charlton |
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University of Idaho and ARS base funding for variety development | Rhett Spear, Rich Novy/Jonathan Whitworth, Mike Thornton, Nora Olsen, Gustavo Teixeira |
Washington State University base funding for variety development | Jacob Blauer, Mark Pavek |
Oregon State University base funding for variety development | Sagar Sathuvalli, Brian Charlton |
USDA-ARS Prosser base funding for variety development | Max Feldman |