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CONTENTS
FEATURES 16 PARMA COMPANY CELEBRATES 30 YEARS And then some…
22 “INSIDE THE LRP” An Excellent Nutrition Position
DIGGIN’ IN 24 ARE YOU MANAGING THE RIGHT DISEASE?
Controlling early and late blight and brown leaf spot
27 UNITED FRESH 2011 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
May 2–5 in New Orleans, La. ON THE COVER:
Are you managing the right disease? In this issue, Phillip Wharton, UI potato plant pathologist, points out that the failure of your fungicide to control early blight may be due to a misdiagnosis of brown leaf spot. Photo by Steve Smede.
28 GETTING AHEAD OF EUROPEAN CORN BORER
Lessons from the Northeast 32 A BIG GAP Harmonizing audits to apply to all produce
38 SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE OSU releases two new varieties
4 Potato Grower | APRIL 2011
PARMA COMPANY
CELEBRATES 30 YEARS AND THEN SOME…
BUYER’S GUIDE 35 FUNGICIDES
DEPARTMENTS 8 MEET THE EXPERTS
10 CALENDAR 12 AROUND THE VINE 46 FINAL PASS
COLUMNS 6 FROM THE FIELD
42 IDAHO POTATO COMMISSION 43 UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
44 UNITED POTATO GROWERS OF AMERICA
FUNGICIDES BUYER’S GUIDE
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45 UNITED STATES POTATO BOARD P AGE
16 P AGE
