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MANAGEMENT OF INSECTS IN POTATO IS SPONSORED BY THE INTEGRATED PLANT PROTECTION CENTER (IPPC) AT OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY. PICTURES AND FACT SHEETS OF MAJOR INSECT AND MITE PESTS AND MANY BENEFICIAL INSECTS FOUND IN POTATOES ARE INCLUDED.
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On-line Journals, Publications; Organic Production; Pesticides; Pests and Diseases; Planting; Potato Organizations; Processing; Production and General Info;
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Insects and Other Pests ... potato aphid ... threelined potato beetle...
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Important Potato Diseases and Pests ... BRR is a serious disease of potato. Presence in seed will result in rejection of lots for certification. The bacteria overwinter mainly in infected seed tubers. BRR is capable of surviving more than five years in dried slime on the surfaces of crates, bins, burlap sacks,
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Crop rotation: Grow potatoes on a 3 or 4 year rotation to help avoid build-up of soil-borne pests and diseases, such as potato eelworm and scab.
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Potato / Pests and disease ... Insect pests ... CIP Pests and Deseases research reports...
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Potato seed does not harbor field insect pests. One or more species of insects, however, will attack newly planted seed potatoes, roots and, in some cases, the developing tubers during cold, wet spring conditions.
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