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Fall 2012 Variety News file (PDF)

Volume 6, Issue 2 - Special Points of Interest:

  • RFP announced for TerraRosa

  • Dates for the 2012 Tri-State Tour

  • Yukon Nugget Released; average yield exceeds Yukon Gold

  • An Update on Defender Trials in Bangladesh

  • A Report from the World Potato Congress in Scotland

Spring 2012 Variety News file (PDF)

  • Two new varieties, Teton Russet and Huckleberry Gold, released

  • PVMI varieties being evaluated in Bangladesh

  • Acrylamide not a health risk

  • Varieties available

Summer 2011 Variety News file (PDF)

  • Dates for the 2011 Tri_State Tour

  • WSU Potato Field Day

  • Fresh Pack Classic Russet Harvest Considerations

  • New Features on the Website

Spring 2011 Variety News file (PDF)

  • Sage Russet Released

  • Potato Seed Still Available

  • New PVMI Community Website

  • University of Idaho Potato Lab Loses Funding

  • New Potato Book: The Complete Book of Potatoes

Fall 2010 Variety News file (PDF)

  • Promising New Dual Purpose Line A0008-1TE

  • Terra Rosa a New Red Specialty Fresh Potato 

  • Classic Russet—Storage Recommendations

  • Time to Order Mini-tubers for 2011 and 2012

  • Classic Russet—Harvest Considerations

Spring/Summer 2010 Variety News file (PDF)

  • PVMI Annual License Fees Reduced

  • Hold the Nitrogen—The Efficiency of New Varieties

  • Fahrettin Goktepe joins the Central Oregon Agriculture Research Center in Powell Butte, Oregon

  • AmaRosa Released by OSU—A red skinned and red fleshed fingerling 

  • Yukon Gem stands out for Late Blight Resistance in Trial

Fall 2009 Variety News file (PDF)

  • Potato Farmer Holy Grail: McDonald's French Fries

  • Mini-tuber Varieties Available for Spring 2010

  • Timeframe for Ordering Plantlets and Mini-tubers from University of Idaho

  • Red Sunset - An early bright skinned red with high Iron and Vitamin C content

  • Washington-Oregon Potato Conference, Jan 26—28 Three Rivers Convention Center, Kennewick, WA

  • New Fresh Market Variety Brochure Available  file (PDF)

 

Summer 2009 Variety News file (PDF)

  • New Potato Institute Bringing in Dollars for Research, Product Marketing

  •  Pre-Released Clones That Have Performed Well in Field and Post Harvest Quality Evaluations

  • 2009 Pacific Northwest Tri-State Potato Selection Tour

 

Spring 2009 Variety News file (PDF)

  • Tri State Research Program Faces Possible Funding Cuts

  • New Varieties Released: Classic Russet (A95109-1), Alpine Russet (A9305-10), Clearwater Russet (AOA95154-1), Owyhee Russet(AO96130-3), Purple Pelisse (POR01PG16-1)   

  • New and Expanded Variety Information and 8 page Tri-State Brochure Available on-line www.pvmi.org 

  • Disease Resistance in Tri-State Varieties

  • First Environmental/Worker Health Shareholder Resolution From College Endowment Prompts Action By Nation's Largest Potato Buyer

 

Fall 2008 Variety News file (PDF)

  • News on Promising Releases from the Tri-States Breeding Program

  • Hollow Heart and Premier Russet

  • Dropped Tri-State Clones

  • Acrylamides - What’s going on and what does it mean?

  • PVMI Ad Fall Campaign to appear in the Potato Press

 

Spring 2008 Variety News file (PDF)

  • Naming New Potato Varieties

  • Promising Upcoming Releases From the Tri-State Breeding Program

  • PVMI Granted USDA VAPG Funding for Fiscal Year 07/08

  • Up and Coming Events

 

Fall 2007 Variety News file (PDF)

  • The Benefits of Colored Potato Varieties

  • 2007 Tri-State Tour Details

  • The Most Promising Colored Pre-Releases from the Tri-State Breeding Program

  • ARS - State Partnership Potato Grant Awarded to PVMI

  • Pacific Northwest Extension publication (Oregon State University, University of Idaho, and Washington State University); PNW 594 April 2007

  • Promising Colored Pre-Releases from the Tri-State Breeding Program

 

Spring 2007 Variety News file (PDF)

  • USDA Value Added Producer Grant

  • PVMI Launches New Website

  • Up and Coming New Varieties from the Tri-States Breeding Program