POTATO POTATO
GROWER Volume 41 Issue 4 GROWER
CONTENTS ACRYLAMIDE RISK? | SEEING THE BLACK DOT | IMPROVING CONTROL OF LATE BLIGHT
FEATURES 26 IN LIVING COLOR MSU looks to colorful varieties
THE ESSENCE OF A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS
KIRK EGBERT
DIGGIN' IN 18 SEEING THE BLACK DOT Crop rotation on the development of
28 COMMON SCAB 2011 Evaluating Fumigation and At-plant Treatments
30 EFFECTORS FOR CHANGE A USDA-funded project to improve control of late blight
IN LIVING COLOR
BUYER'S GUIDES:
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ON THE COVER: Fill 'Er Up. Rosario "Chopo" Mercedes loads a Kirk Egbert Ranches planter Spring 2011 in Terreton, Idaho. Rosario has worked for Kirk Egbert, this issue's Grower of the Month, for about 20 years. Photo by Tyler J. Baum.
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36 BUYER'S GUIDE— FUNGICIDES
36 P AGE
34 CONTROLLING HAIRY NIGHTSHADE A continuing UI potato research series
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS GROWER OF THE MONTH:
KIRK EGBERT OF TERRETON, IDAHO
DEPARTMENTS 8 CALENDAR
10 AROUND THE VINE 12 NEW PRODUCTS 46 FINAL PASS
COLUMNS 6 FROM THE FIELD
40 IDAHO POTATO COMMISSION 42 UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO 44 UNITED STATES POTATO BOARD
45 UNITED POTATO GROWERS OF AMERICA
THE ESSENCE OF A
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