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Potato
Evaluation of fungicides for the control of early blight of potato – Hancock, 2005 1-18
Evaluation of potato cultivars and breeding selections to identify resistance to early blight – Hancock, 2005 19-26
Evaluation of potato cultivars and breeding selections to identify resistance to common scab – Antigo, 2005 27-28
Evaluation of red varieties for reaction to common scab – Endeavor, 2005 29-30
Evaluation of potato cultivars and breeding selections to identify reaction to tuber blemish pathogens – Suring, 2005 31-32
Evaluation of seedpiece and in-furrow chemical application for management of powdery scab – Suring, 2005 33-36
Evaluation of the efficacy of seedpiece or in-furrow fungicide treatment for potato disease control - Spooner, 2005 37-40
Evaluation of tubers of potato cultivars and breeding selections to identify resistance to early blight, late blight and pink rot, 2004 41-46
Evaluation of the effect of foliar fungicides on development of potato tuber diseases in storage – Hancock, 2004 47-50
Evaluation of the effect of seedpiece or in-furrow fungicide treatment for potato disease control on development of potato tuber diseases in storage - Spooner, 2004 51-52
Evaluation of the effect of seedpiece or in-furrow treatment for potato disease control on development of potato tuber diseases in storage - Endeavor, 2004 53-54
Bean
Evaluation of chemical control of white mold on snap bean - Hancock, 2005 55-58
Evaluation of disease control on snap bean using IPM practices, 2005 59-64
Evaluating snap bean cultivars for their reaction to aphid transmitted viruses, 2005 65-72
Carrot
Evaluation of foliar fungicides for control of carrot foliar blights - Hancock, 2005 73-76
Evaluation of weather-based reduced-risk fungicide programs on three carrot cultivars to control foliar diseases caused by Alternaria and Cercospora – Hancock, 2005 77-82
Evaluation of carrot cultivars and breeding selections to identify resistance to foliar blights – Hancock, 2005 83-90
Assessment of carrot cultivars and breeding selections to identify resistance to foliar blights - Endeavor, 2005 91-98
Pumpkin and Squash
Evaluation of pumpkin and squash varieties for resistance to powdery mildew - Hancock, 2005
99-106
Meteorological Data
Appendix I - Antigo
107-108
Appendix II - Hancock, Table 1, Soil temperature
109
Appendix II - Hancock, Table 2, Weather data
110-112
Appendix III - Spooner
113
Information about our web site
114
Acknowledgments

 

We thank John Andrew, Zahi Atallah, Genevieve Backus, Ken Barnett, Nick Breitbach, Jeff Breuer, Don Caine, Glenn Carlson, Richard Deede, Peter George, Nancy Gilberts-Keegan, Irwin Goldman, Richard and Roderick Gumz, Phil Holman, Gary Humphrey, Isherwoods, Florence Johnson, Rob Kane, Doug Klabunde, Chuck Kostichka, Nancy Koval, Mary Lamere, Kim Lesniak, Tom Mattek, Paul Miller, Jim Okray, Cheryl Pionke, Trina Rettler, Peter Rogers, Michell Sass, Phil Simon, Roger Stratton, Stephen Syrjamaki, Paul Sytsma, Deena Thompson, The Wallendals, Beau Weisensel, Ken Williams and Beth Zulfic for their support and assistance. We also thank all the plant breeders and seed companies who provided material for us to evaluate in our variety trials (sources listed with trials), Del Monte Foods, Lakeside Foods, personnel from the Wisconsin Seed Potato Certification Program and the laborers and supervisors from the Winnebago Correctional Center.

The financial support of AgraQuest, Inc., Arysta LifeScience Corporation, BASF Ag Products, Bayer CropScience, Cerexagri, Inc., Dow AgroSciences LLC, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, FMC Corporation, Makhteshim-Agan of North America, Inc., Midwest Food Processors Association, Sipcam Agro USA, Inc., Syngenta Crop Protection, USDA, UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Wisconsin Potato Industry Board, and Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association is gratefully acknowledged.

 
 
W. R. Stevenson
  
R. V. James
 
wrs@plantpath.wisc.edu
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last updated 02-May-2006 by RVJ