{"id":1342,"date":"2014-11-06T16:39:32","date_gmt":"2014-11-07T00:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/potatoes.wsu.edu\/?page_id=1342"},"modified":"2024-02-20T08:46:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T16:46:00","slug":"home-11","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stagewp.cw.wsu.edu\/potatoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Potatoes at WSU"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-hero wsu-width--full wsu-pattern--wsu-light-radial-left \">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wsu-image-frame wsu-image-frame--fill\">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cw\/uploads\/sites\/3030\/2022\/02\/potato-flowers.jpeg\"\n\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cw\/uploads\/sites\/3030\/2022\/02\/potato-flowers.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cw\/uploads\/sites\/3030\/2022\/02\/potato-flowers.jpeg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cw\/uploads\/sites\/3030\/2022\/02\/potato-flowers.jpeg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cw\/uploads\/sites\/3030\/2022\/02\/potato-flowers.jpeg 768w\"\n\t\tsizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\n\t\talt=\"Photo of a potato field, plants have purple flowers\"\n\t\tstyle=\"object-position: 50% 50%\"\n\t\t\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wsu-overlay wsu-pattern-after wsu-overlay--dark-left wsu-pattern--wsu-light-radial-left\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 id=\"title-id-6af8ec09036f0\" class=\"wsu-title wsu-hero__title\"><span>Potatoes at WSU<\/span><\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<section  class=\"wsu-section  wsu-callout--color-midnight wsu-width--full wsu-color-background--gray-5\"  >\r\n    <div class=\"wsu-section__inner wsu-width--content\">    \n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--sidebar-right\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='640' height='390' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5NXQb2ijKBQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.8rem;font-weight: bold;letter-spacing: 0px\">Our mission<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our mission is to identify new potato varieties and cultural and postharvest management practices that will provide profitable production for the grower, improved competitiveness for the Washington potato industry, a healthy, inexpensive food supply for American consumers, and a sustainable environment. <a href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.cw.wsu.edu\/potatoes\/background\/\">You can learn more about our mission here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our goal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our goal is to provide relevant and up-to-date information that can be used by growers, processors, fresh-pack sheds, researchers, and other industry personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Information we provide<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tri-State and Regional Variety Trials<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Each year, we publish&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.cw.wsu.edu\/potatoes\/trials\/\">variety-trial results<\/a>&nbsp;in user-friendly graphs, figures, and charts. This publication is available as a printed volume (the&nbsp;<em>Potato Cultivar Yield and Postharvest Quality Evaluations<\/em>&nbsp;yearbook) as well as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.cw.wsu.edu\/potatoes\/trials\/\">an electronic publication<\/a>. An economic analysis is conducted on all clones and cultivars for both the fresh and process markets, with the exception of the red and specialty clones. Cultivars are ranked according to their overall performance which takes into account economics, yields, tuber-size profiles, tuber quality and many postharvest attributes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Commercial Seed Lot Evaluations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As a service to Washington potato growers, the Potato Research Group undertakes annual Commercial Seed Lot Evaluations in order to ensure a high-quality, disease-free industry. Results of annual professional evaluations of commercial potato seed lots are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.cw.wsu.edu\/potatoes\/lots\/\">available online via this link<\/a>&nbsp;as well as at the annual WSU Potato Field Day each June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Postharvest Evaluations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;postharvest program&nbsp;identifies new potato clones that have superior postharvest and culinary attributes for the Pacific Northwest potato industry. We evaluate the storability and processing qualities of clones produced in early and late season management trials from Washington, Oregon, and Idaho at the postharvest storage and laboratory facilities in Pullman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research &amp; Extension Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Brief descriptions of our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.cw.wsu.edu\/potatoes\/research\/\">field and postharvest research capabilities<\/a>, as well as a <a href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.cw.wsu.edu\/potatoes\/research\/equipment\/\">photo gallery<\/a>&nbsp;of our vast array of research equipment are listed here. Current research articles from the Potato Research Group are located on our <a href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.cw.wsu.edu\/potatoes\/research\/publications\/\">publications<\/a>&nbsp;page. Many articles may be viewed online.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n<div class=\"wsu-cta \" >\n\t<a \t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3qAqydU\"\t\n\t\tclass=\"wsu-button \">\n\t\t\t\n\t\tGive Now\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Your donation, of any amount, helps us continue our important research. Our research keeps Pacific Northwest farms profitable, creates jobs, and helps feed the world. Gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recent Publications for Growers and Researchers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2742\/2022\/07\/2022-WSU-Potato-Seed-Lot-Book.pdf\">2022 WSU Potato Seed Lot Book<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2742\/2022\/06\/2022-WSU-Potato-Field-Day-Program.docx\">2022 WSU Potato Field Day: Thursday June 23<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2742\/2022\/01\/2021-Potato-Cultivar-Yield-and-Postharvest-Quality-Evaluations.pdf\">2021 Potato Cultivar Yield and Postharvest Quality Evaluations<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/potatoes.wsu.edu\/2021-wa-commercial-potato-seed-lot-pick-up-trial-information\/\">2021 Commercial Seed Lot Evaluations<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2742\/2021\/06\/2021-Washington-State-Commercial-Seed-Lot-Trial-Results.pdf\">2021 Seed Lot Results<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2742\/2020\/06\/2020-Washington-State-Commercial-Seed-Lot-Trial-Results.pdf\">2020 Seed Lot Results<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2742\/2018\/04\/Pavek-et-al-Row-Width-AJPR-2018.pdf\">Improving Land Use Efficiency and Grower Revenue by Reducing Row Width<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2742\/2021\/01\/2020-WSU-Potato-Cultivar-Yield-and-Postharvest-Quality-Evaluations.pdf\">2020 Potato Cultivar Yield and Postharvest Quality Evaluations<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2742\/2020\/01\/2019-Potato-Cultivar-Yield-and-Postharvest-Quality-Evaluations.pdf\">2019 Potato Cultivar Yield and Postharvest Quality Evaluations<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2742\/2019\/01\/2018-Potato-Cultivar-Yield-and-Postharvest-Quality-Evaluations.pdf\">2018 Potato Cultivar Yield and Postharvest Quality Evaluations<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cw\/uploads\/sites\/3030\/2018\/04\/Pavek-et-al-Row-Width-AJPR-2018.pdf\">Improving Land Use Efficiency and Grower Revenue by Reducing Potato Row Width<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tri-State Potato Varieties<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>For information and availability of potato varieties, please visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pvmi.org\/default.htm\">Potato Variety Management Institute.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our mission Our mission is to identify new potato varieties and cultural and postharvest management practices that will provide profitable production for the grower, improved competitiveness for the Washington potato industry, a healthy, inexpensive food&amp;hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":6917,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_wsuwp_accessibility_report":null},"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.cw.wsu.edu\/potatoes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1342"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.cw.wsu.edu\/potatoes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.cw.wsu.edu\/potatoes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.cw.wsu.edu\/potatoes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.cw.wsu.edu\/potatoes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1342"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.cw.wsu.edu\/potatoes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7236,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.cw.wsu.edu\/potatoes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1342\/revisions\/7236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.cw.wsu.edu\/potatoes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.cw.wsu.edu\/potatoes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.cw.wsu.edu\/potatoes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=1342"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.cw.wsu.edu\/potatoes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=1342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}