Cultivar Mgmt. Profiles
Ranger Russet
Russet Norkotah
Yukon Gold
Atantic
Norland
Snowden
Red Cloud
Shepody
Fertilizers
Potassium
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Micronutrients
Placement
Cementing
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External Disorders
Internal Disorders
Environmental Disorders
Diseases
Wilts
Tuber Wet Rot
Tuber Blemishes
Early Blights
Beneficial Insects
Predators
Green Lacewings
Lady Beetles
Stink Bugs
Insects
Defoliators
Vectors
Tuber Eaters
General Interest
Lab to Label
Controlling Volunteers
Biopesticides
Chemophobia
Neutraceutical
BT Potato
Chemical Effects
Controlling Volunteers
Weed Control

Table 1. Lowest soil temperatures at four inches below ground for period from November 1, 1999 to March 1,2000 (four month period).]

Site

# days <28F

# days <30F

Longest period at <30F

Lowest average Daily F

Ainsworth

2

10

5

27.8

Alliance No.

1

10

3

27.9

Alliance We.

0

3

1

29.0

Champion

0

0

0

31.7

Gordon

3

16

8

26.3

Kearney

1

5

3

27.7

Minden

0

1

1

30.0

Monroe

3

11

4

26.8

O’Neill

0

4

3

28.8

Sidney

2

6

2

27.3

Scottsbluff is not included since readings were estimated.

 

Table 2. Herbicides for Volunteer Potato in Rotation Crops.

Rotation Crop

Herbicides

Comments

Small Grains

Bronate

spring use

 

Buctril

burn down

 

Banvel

stunt growth

 

Curtail

tubers may form

 

Harmony

 

 

Roundup

late season use, complete kill

Corn

atrazine then 2, 4-D+Banvel

best treatment with cultivation

 

Bladex then 2, 4-D+Banvel

acceptable with cultivation

 

Liberty

possibly acceptable

 

Tough

 

 

Starane

OK, expensive

Late Crops as Beans

Roundup

pre-planting, re-sprouting occurs

Row crops without herbicides

 

four cultivations

Table 3. Herbicides for non-crop areas as cull piles.

 

Short Residue

Longer Residue

Buctril ^

Amitrol ^

Gramoxone ^

Arsenal *^

Ignite ^

atrazines *^

Protocol ^

Banvel ^

Rodeo ^

Contain *^

Roundup ^

Pramitol *^

 

Surefire ^

 

Topsite *

 

Tordon ^

* soil applied, ^ foliar applied