Organic Potato Research

• Disease Management
• Fertility Management
• Insect Management
• Weed Management

Disease Management

• NEW!! Compost, rapeseed rotation, and biocontrol agents significantly impact soil microbial communities in organic and conventional potato production systems
• Assessment of changes in soil health throughout organic potato rotation sequences
• The Community Composition and Antibiosis Ability of Potato Phylloplane
• Evaluation of biocontrol preparations and plant extracts for the control of Phytophthora infestans on potato leaves
• Influence of compost tea, powdered kelp, and Manzate® 75 on bacterial-community composition, and antibiosis against Phytophthora infestans in the potato phylloplane
• Organic Foliar Treatments for Potato Late Blight Control

Fertility Management

• NEW!! Nitrogen Availability in an Organic Potato Crop Following 3-Year Transition under Contrasting Farming Systems 
• Assessment of changes in soil health throughout organic potato rotation
• The benefits of using lobster processing waste as a soil amendment in organic potato production
• Biowaste usage for soil erosion control and soil physical improvement under potatoes in Atlantic Canada
• Effect of Non-traditional Previous Crops in Rotation Before Potates
• The effects of living mulches on tuber yields of potato
• Effects of straw mulch on soil nitrate dynamics, weeds, yield and soil erosion in organically grown potatoes
• Evaluation of nitrogen supply rate measured by in situ placement of Plant Root Simulator probes as a predictor of nitrogen supply from soil and organic amendments in potato crop

• Fertility Management in Organic Potato Production
• Greenhouse gas emissions from organically managed potato rotations in Atlantic Canada
• Long-term influence of compost on available water capacity of a fine sandy loam in a potato rotation
• Nitrogen Dynamics in Organic Potato Production
• Organic amendment effects on tuber yield, plant N uptake and soil mineral N under organic potato production
• Potato Variety Performance and Nitrogen Use Efficiency under Organic Production
• Productivity, Soil Quality Changes and Nitrogen Losses Under Extended Organic Vegetable Rotations
• Seasonal Moisture and Nitrogen Availability in Organic Potato Production as Affected by Organic Amendments
• Tests of a new catch crop technique in organic potato production

Insect Management

• NEW!! Compost, rapeseed rotation, and biocontrol agents significantly impact soil microbial communities in organic and conventional potato production systems
• Approaches to wireworm control in organic potato production
• Assessing CPB Control Options and N fertility in Organic Potato Production
• Bio-collector as an Alternative Method for the Control of the Colorado Potato Beetle in Organic Farming
• Companion Planting and Colorado Potato Beetle
• Influence of Fertilization on the Colorado Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say), in Organic Potato Production.
• The insect pest management program in organic potato production gives priority to preventive control methods rather than curative methods
• Organic agriculture promotes evenness and natural pest control
• Physical Control of Colorado Beetle in Comparison with Bio-insecticide
• Possibilities for Non-chemical Control of Colorado Potato Beetle

Weed Management

• NEW!! Acetic acid for weed control in potato
• Effects of straw mulch on soil nitrate dynamics, weeds, yield and soil erosion in organically grown potatoes
• Physical methods for weed control in potatoes
• Seed predation increases with ground beetle diversity in a Wisconsin (USA) potato agroecosystem
• Using high-residue cover crop mulch for weed management in organic no-till potato production systems
• Weed Management in Canadian Potatoes

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