The University of Idaho Extension invites growers, applicators and industry professionals to attend its annual pest management tours coming up June 23 at the UI Kimberly R&E Center and June 24 at the UI Aberdeen R&E Center. Registration for both events begins at 8 a.m. and the tours will start at 8:30. An industry-sponsored lunch will be held at 12 noon at both locations. Below is an agenda for each day. Contact information also is also listed below.
UI Snake River Pest Management Research Tour—Kimberly R&E Center, June 23
8:20 to 8:30 a.m.
Greetings, introductions and announcements
8:30 to 12 noon
- Turf
- Field bindweed and other weed management in bluegrass turf with herbicides and fertilizer
- Sugarbeet
- Effect of tillage and fertility rate on insect and weed management in sugarbeet
- Soil-active herbicides for weed control in direct-seed and strip-till sugarbeet
- Evaluation of chloroacetamide and glyphosate tank mixtures for weed control in sugarbeet
- Insecticide seed treatment leaf miner study
- Beet and root aphid insecticide trial
- Potato
- Update on weed management in potato
- Colorado potato beetle trials—ISK and Monsanto
- General insecticide trial focused on potato psyllids—PNW Potato Research Consortium
- Potato psyllid and zebra chip insecticide trial
- Timing and density of psyllid infection on zebra chip development
- Wireworm insecticide trial
- Silver scurf—phytosanitary tool for export using CIPC
- PVY and other emerging viruses
- Potato variety storage research—varieties from the tri-state potato breeding program.
- Cereals
- Wheat insect pest management update in small grains and other crops
- Comparison of triallate with other wild oat herbicides for wild oat control and crop safety in spring wheat
- Comparison of triallate with broadleaf herbicides for weed control and crop safety in spring wheat
- Comparison of herbicides for broadleaf weed control and crop safety in spring wheat
- Comparing broadleaf and wild oat herbicides in spring wheat
- Dry bean
- Dry bean row spacing, plant growth habit and herbicides for season-long weed control
- Pre-plant and post-emergence herbicides for weed control in furrow-irrigated dry bean
- Time of day effects on Basagran for weed control in dry bean
- Use of adjuvants with Basagran for weed control in dry bean
- Pre- and post-emergence herbicides for weed control in sprinkler-irrigated dry bean
- Weed control in field corn with pre- and postemergence herbicides
- Alfalfa
- Alfalfa seed coating for disease management and stand establishment
- Vole damage management in alfalfa.
For more information contact Don Morishita at don@uidaho.edu or (208) 423-6616.
UI Aberdeen R&E Center Weed Tour
8:20 to 8:30
Greetings, introductions and announcements
8:30 to 12 noon
- Weed control in potato with two- and three-way tank mixtures
- Potato variety tolerance to herbicides
- Eptam formulations, rate and timing
- Weed control in Litchi tomato (PCN trap crop)
- Updates from Juliet Marshall, Phill Wharton and Arash Rashed on disease and insect infestations this year
- Cropping systems study—Xi Liang
For more information contact Pam Hutchinson at phutch@uidaho.edu or (208) 397-4181.