Projects 2021-22
Northwest Potato Research Consortium
Cooperative Effort of the Potato Commissions of ID, OR, & WA
Current Projects -- Growing year 2021, Commission fiscal year 2021-22
(Contact information for each scientist is listed at the end of this document.)
Plant Pathology/Soil Health |
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| Lee Hadwiger | Defense response signaling in potato tissue | |
| Kasia Duellman | Relationship between in vitro fungicide resistance of Fusarium dry rot pathogens and disease control of Fusarium dry rot in vivo and in the field | |
| Ken Frost | Development of an assay to screen for fungicide resistant Fusarium species in potato field soils | |
| Ken Frost | Data mining for crop rotations that predict the occurrence of mefanoxam-resistant Pythium species | |
| Deirdre Griffin LaHue, Tarah Sullivan | Managing the potato microbiome for improved soil and potato health | |
| Markus Kleber | "Reactive Carbon" as a critical control of microbial performance in potato fields | |
| Jeff Miller, Nora Olsen | Management of Fusarium dry rot of Clearwater Russet | |
| Kylie Swisher Grimm | Support for the investigation of emerging and persistent potato diseases in the Northwest | |
| Kiwamu Tanaka | Testing plant-defense elicitation compounds and antimicrobial agents to control silver scurf disease | |
| James Woodhall, Phill Wharton, Kasia Duellman, Tim Waters | A network of spore samplers as an early warning detection system for foliar potato pathogens | |
| James Woodhall, Kiwamu Tanaka, Ken Frost | Developing collaborative modern diagnostic approaches for potato pest and pathogen detection and characterization for the Pacific Northwest | |
| David Wheeler, Deirdre Griffin Lahue, Cynthia Gleason, Ken Frost | Comparison of potato yields, soil health, and pathogen loads in virgin and non-virgin soils | |
| Jeff Miller, James Woodhall, Nora Olsen | Management of Powdery Scab and Potato Mop Top Virus | |
Nematology |
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| Cynthia Gleason, Sagar Sathuvalli | Investigation into a candidate potato resistance gene against the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne chitwoodi race 1 | |
| Cynthia Gleason , Louise-Marie Dandurand | An investigation into the potential for broad-spectrum resistance against plant parasitic nematodes in potato | |
| Louise-Marie Dandurand, Joe Kuhl, Allan Caplan, Fangming Xiao, Inga Zasada |
Functional Genomics of Solanum sisymbriifolium (Litchi Tomato) Immunity for PCN Eradication | |
| Inga Zasada | Development of a multiplex real-time PCR assay for the detection and quantification of the root-knot nematodes species important in the production of potato | |
| Alan Schreiber | Development of New Nematicides for Potatoes | |
Potato Virus |
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| Aymeric Goyer | Improving detection of PVY-infected plants with innovative peptide application | |
| Aymeric Goyer | Testing genes that have the potential to provide resistance to PVY | |
| Alex Karasev | ‘Window of susceptibility’ to PVYNTN infection in potato and effect on virus translocation into tubers | |
| Kylie Swisher Grimm, Max Feldman |
Understanding Tobacco rattle virus epidemiology through basic and applied assays | |
Entomology |
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| Rodney Cooper, Dave Horton, Kylie Swisher Grimm, Dave Crowder, Ken Frost |
Molecular and landscape approaches to understanding beet leafhopper and potato purple top disease in the Columbia Basin | |
| Justin Clements, Tim Waters | Longevity of early season insecticide applications for the control of problematic insect pests of potatoes | |
| Jackie Serrano | Role of vector saliva in pathogen transmission | |
| Alan Schreiber | Development of Insecticides for Pacific Northwest Potatoes | |
| Tim Waters | Quantifying Crop Safety and Efficacy when Tank Mixing Insecticides and Fungicides | |
| Tim Waters | Attempting to Establish the Economic Threshold for Lygus in Potatoes and Determining Efficacy and Tolerance of Insecticides for Control of Lygus | |
Cropping Systems, Plant Physiology |
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| Nora Olsen, Mike Thornton, Jeff Miller, Aymeric Goyer, Ray Qin, Ken Frost | Practices associated with blackspot bruise susceptibility | |
| Ray Qin, Sagar Sathuvalli, Rhett Spear | Evaluation of Potassium Requirement for Different Potato Varieties | |
Breeding/Variety Development |
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Jacob Blauer |
Postharvest Quality of Clones in the Western Regional Potato Variety Development Program | |
| Mark Pavek | In-Field Testing to Identify New Potato Varieties and Best Management Practices for Growers | |
| Rhett Spear, Rich Novy, Mike Thornton | Breeding and Selecting Russet and Specialty Varieties with Improved Tuber Qualities, Disease and Pest Resistance, and Sustainability | |
| Rhett Spear, Nora Olsen | Storage Requirements for New and “Potential Release” Cultivars for the Potato Industry | |
| Sgar Sathuvalli, Brian Charlton, Clint Shock | Genetic Improvement and Cultivar Development of Russet, Chip and Specialty Potatoes for the PNW Potato Industry | |
| Sagar Sathuvalli, Kelly Vining, Max Feldman | Breeding for Resistance to Columbia Root-Knot Nematode: Introgression of new sources of resistance and development of genomic resources | |
| Max Feldman, Sagar Sathuvalli |
Identifying molecular markers to select for promising virus resistant germplasm | |
Funded Scientists: Growing year 2021, Commission fiscal year 2021-22 |
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| Scientist Name | Affiliation/Institution | |
| Jake Blauer | Washington State University, Pullman, WA | |
| Allan Caplan | University of Idaho, Moscow, ID | |
| Brian Charlton | ||
| Justin Clements | University of Idaho, Parma | |
| Rodney Cooper | ||
| Dave Crowder | ||
| Louise-Marie Dandurand | ||
| Kasia Duellman | ||
| Max Feldman | ||
| Ken Frost | ||
| Cynthia Gleason | ||
| Aymeric Goyer | ||
| Deirdre Griffin LaHue | ||
| Lee Hadwiger | Washington State University, Pullman, WA | |
| Dave Horton | ||
| Alex Karasev | ||
| Marus Kleber | ||
| Joe Kuhl | ||
| Jeff Miller | ||
| Rich Novy | ||
| Nora Olsen | ||
| Mark Pavek | ||
| Ray Qin | ||
| Sagar Sathuvalli | ||
| Alan Schreiber |
Agriculture Development Group, Inc., Eltopia, WA 509-539-4537; aschreib@centurytel.net |
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| Rhett Spear | ||
| Tara Sullivan | ||
| Kylie Swisher Grimm | ||
| Kiwamu Tanaka | ||
| Mike Thornton | ||
| Kelly Vining | ||
| Tim Waters | ||
| David Wheeler | Washington State University Pullman, WA | |
| Jonathan Whitworth | ||
| James Woodhall | ||
| Fangming Xiao | ||
| Inga Zasada | ||
