Pests & Diseases

Click on the subject headers below to view research reports, factsheets, presentations, and external resources for a number of pests and diseases affecting potato growers in Prince Edward Island.

Pest Management/IPM

2021 PEI Potato Pest Control Guide

PEIDAF Integrated Pest Management Site

Pesticide Records Log Book (PDF) – PEIDAF

Wireworm

Wireworm Risk Assessment Factsheet – Dr. Bob Vernon

Wireworm Monitoring Before Potatoes (Factsheet) – Todd Kabaluk

Biological Control of Wireworms – Todd Kabaluk

Management of Wireworm with Rotation Crops – Ryan Barrett

2016-2017 Research Update – Christine Noronha

2015-2016 Research Update – Christine Noronha

2014-2015 Research Update – Christine Noronha

Managing Wireworm – Tools in the Toolbox (2015 – PEIDAF)

Late Blight

Protect Your Crop from Late Blight (PEIDAF)

Late Blight in Potato Factsheet (NDSU)

Early Dying Complex

Soil Building Rotation Crops – Barrett (Feb’19)

Potato Early Dying Complex Factsheet – AIM (Feb’18)

Dr. Mario Tenuta – Presentation on Potato Early Dying (Feb’18)

PVY

Best Management Practices to Minimize the Spread of PVY – Mathuresh Singh and Team, NB (April 2018)

Weeds

Weed Management in PEI Potato Rotations – Factsheet (Jan 2021)

Control of Herbicide Resistant Lambsquarters – AAFC Factsheet (Oct 2020)

Weed ID Guide for Ontario Crops (OMAFRA)

Guide to Weed Control | Hort Crops 2020 (OMAFRA)

Volunteer Potato Management – NBDAAF (March 2019)

Weeds in Potatoes – Guide to Available Chemistry (NB Dept of Ag)

Effect of Glyphosate on Potatoes (NDSU)

Common Scab

Common Scab Overview – Top Crop Manager (Eugenia Banks, ON)

Common Scab Management – North Dakota State University

Colorado Potato Beetle

Colorado Potato Beetle Factsheet (Maine PDF)

Early Blight/Black Dot

Black Dot Factsheet – Michigan State University 2012

Early Blight in Potatoes – NDSU 2018

Dickeya

Dickeya 101

Pink Rot

Disease Pressure on the PEI Potato Crop in 2016

Storage Disease (Fusarium, Silver Scurf)

Managing Fusarium dry rot in storage (Potato Grower Magazine, Dec 2018)