Russet Disease Susceptibility: Storage Strategies and Economic Return

NAPSO & Spud Smart Present

Nov. 19, 2 PM MST

Russet Disease Susceptibility: Storage Strategies and Economic Return

The decision to treat potatoes going into storage often comes down to risk: what could you lose, and what is worth spending to protect it?

Join NASPO and Spud Smart on Nov. 19 at 2 p.m. MST for “Russet Disease Susceptibility: Storage Strategies and Economic Returns.”

Jeff Miller will draw on russet variety trial data to explore differences in disease susceptibility and strategies for managing pink rot, Pythium leak, Fusarium dry rot, bacterial soft rot and late blight, including treatment effectiveness and resistance considerations. Patrick Hatzenbuehler will connect those management decisions to storage economics, introducing a decision-making framework in development that brings treatment costs, estimated shrinkage, expected prices, and marketing timing into the same conversation. Together, they’ll help growers consider how crop protection choices fit their operation’s risks, costs and potential returns.

Why You Should Attend:

Understand how russet varieties differ in susceptibility to key diseases affecting potatoes in storage.
Explore integrated management strategies for pink rot, Phythium leak, Fusarium dry rot, bacterial soft rot, and late blight.
Learn how treatment effectiveness and resistance considerations can inform post-harvest product choices.
Consider storage treatments as an investment in risk management—and where those costs fit in your production budget.
Fresh-market trends:
Get an introduction to an economic decision-making framework in development that connects treatment costs, estimated shrinkage, expected prices, and marketing timing.