Project Number: 5354-21000-013-02
Project Type: Specific Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: Jun 19, 2006
End Date: May 31, 2011

Objective:
Testing of potato selections for yield, grade, storage profiles, and processing quality, and determine cultural practices for each selection that will optimize yield and quality.

Approach:
Conduct multi-site trials using seed produced under a strict hygienic regimen designed to maintain freedom from important viruses. Evaluate advanced materials emerging from USDA/ARS potato breeding program at Aberdeen, ID, Prosser, WA, and other breeding programs. Carry out post-harvest assessments for internal and/or external defects, storability, and quality of processed products. Coordinate large-scale yield and quality trials with industry stakeholders to determine feasibility of profitable production under standard commercial conditions. Conduct trials to determine optimum fertilizer requirements, seed piece spacing, and tolerance to selected herbicides for each selection. Congressionally mandated, part of the Tri-State variety development program. Documents SCA w/Univ of Idaho, Aberdeen, ID. Replacing 5354-21000-011-05S (5/06). Formerly 5354-21000-011-08S (August 2006).