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monitoring programs. The site also
includes data from aphid monitoring
in northern and southern Idaho,
as well as results of a fungal spore
trapping network.
During the 2023 growing season,
psyllid numbers spiked from mid- to
late August. Counts were highest in the
Treasure Valley, peaking at just over 0.6
psyllids per trap. Psyllid counts reached
just under 0.1 psyllids per trap in the
Magic Valley, and there were no psyllids
captured in eastern Idaho.
About 6% of all psyllids captured
during the season tested positive for
the bacterium, compared with about
1% during most years. Though more
psyllids were captured during 2023 than
in the prior year, 22% of psyllids trapped
in 2022 tested positive.
Zebra chip first surfaced in the
Pacific Northwest in 2011. During
the following growing season, U of I
Extension, working with an ad hoc
group of industry officials and other
stakeholders, launched a comprehensive
annual monitoring program.
The program places yellow sticky
traps in potato fields throughout the
state and tests any captured psyllids for
the presence of the bacterium to
alert growers.
U of I works with crop consultants
and processors who collaborate with
their growers to have sticky traps set on
the borders of 70 to 100 fields.
Psyllids arrived in large numbers in
2012, and 28% of them tested positive
for Liberibacter.
Disease pressure has been much
lower since 2012, and the stakeholder
group chose to scale back its monitoring
program beginning in 2018. For example,
the duration of psyllid trapping and
testing has been shortened by several
weeks, and the number of sticky traps
they set out has been reduced.
The Idaho Potato Commission covers
the roughly $30,000 cost of potato
psyllid monitoring and testing.
" I think given the potential for
disasters, which we did see in other
years and other growing areas have
seen, the relatively small cost of the
In addition to affecting plant health and
reducing yields, zebra chip disease creates
bands through tuber flesh that darken
when fried, rendering the infected potatoes
unmarketable. Photos courtesy of University
of Idaho.
monitoring program is worth it, "
Wenninger said. " A lot of growers
use our monitoring program to make
insecticidal decisions. The biggest
benefit is if they don't see psyllids
and bacterium, they can hold off on
insecticides. Without the information,
they may tend to spray just in case. "
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April 2024

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of April 2024

Editor's Letter
Breeding breakthroughs
Psyllid watch
Trail by smoke
Digging up answers
Immense impact
Potato Association of America
National Potato Council
Potatoes USA
Calendar/Ad Index
April 2024 - 1
April 2024 - 2
April 2024 - 3
April 2024 - Editor's Letter
April 2024 - 5
April 2024 - 6
April 2024 - 7
April 2024 - Breeding breakthroughs
April 2024 - 9
April 2024 - 10
April 2024 - 11
April 2024 - Psyllid watch
April 2024 - 13
April 2024 - Trail by smoke
April 2024 - 15
April 2024 - 16
April 2024 - Digging up answers
April 2024 - 18
April 2024 - 19
April 2024 - Immense impact
April 2024 - 21
April 2024 - Potato Association of America
April 2024 - 23
April 2024 - National Potato Council
April 2024 - Potatoes USA
April 2024 - Calendar/Ad Index
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