Fresh Market Potato Varieties, Disease & Insect Management Twilight Meeting

August 25, 2016


Growers will have a chance to review the fresh market varieties and Cornell breeding lines, including four European/Canadian varieties, in Walter DeJong's, Cornell on-farm trial. There will be an update on the new, very serious seed-borne bacterial disease, Blackleg Dickeya, including how to identify it, and how to reduce the risk of getting it next year, as well as updates on late blight, potato insect management and the development of a quick test for determining nematode levels in soils before planting.

1.5 DEC recertification credits will be available in categories 1a, 10, 21, and 23. Dinner provided at 7:30 PM.

Cost: FREE if enrolled in the Cornell Vegetable Program; $10 for all others. Pre-register by contacting Carol MacNeil by August 22 so that we have a count for dinner. If you have special needs, please call a week before the event so we can make accommodations.

We appreciate the generous support of Ag BioTech, Bayer CropScience, CPS Marion, Gowan, and Syngenta for sponsoring this event.

Directions:
Start at Williams Farms potato field, Decker Rd, north of Newark - From Rt. 88 in Newark, drive north, crossing the Canal. See the CCE Wayne Co. Extension building on the left, and Hydesville Rd. Turn left on Hydesville Rd. and a quick right onto Minsteed Rd. Go just over 4 miles and turn left onto Decker Rd. The trial is on the muck on the left.

Move to Williams Farms packing house, 5077 Russell Rd, Marion, NY 14505 - From the Cornell potato variety trial on Decker Rd. drive back to Minsteed Rd and turn left. Continue north on Minsteed Rd. ~1.8 mi. and turn left at Skinner/Martin Rds. Follow Skinner Rd. to the end and continue on Marion-E. Williamson Rd. Go north past the stop sign ~2 miles to Russell Rd. Turn left onto Russell Rd. and right into the parking lot of Williams Farm packing house and storages. Park near the office.