This week we received traps from 35 of the 55 fields that we are monitoring. One field was vine killed and we are still waiting on traps from 19 sites. Many of these fields could not be entered earlier in the week so traps were shipped to us late. We captured a total of 30…
This week we received traps from 46 of the 55 fields that we are monitoring. We captured a total of 29 psyllids across 13 fields. Nine of the fields were in Canyon County, the remaining 4 fields were in Payette, Owyhee, Gooding, and Twin Falls counties. Total psyllid captures were slightly higher than last week,…
This week we received traps from 46 of the 55 fields that we are monitoring. We captured a total of 10 psyllids across 4 fields. Three of the fields were in Canyon County and one was in Twin Falls County. Total psyllid captures were similar to last week, and we continue to see relatively low…
The University of Idaho and our crop consultant collaborators across the state are once again monitoring for potato psyllids, zebra chip disease (ZC), and liberibacter (Lso), the bacterium associated with ZC. The monitoring program covers commercial potato fields throughout southern Idaho and is funded in part by the Idaho Potato Commission and generous in-kind contributions…
