Vegetables and Herbs
The alfalfa leafcutting bee is a vital pollinator for multiple cropping systems, including alfalfa, canola, melons and carrots. This information card provides basic facts about and photographs of...
Common Scab of Potato Caused by Streptomyces Species
Common scab of potato is a plant disease caused by several plant pathogenic bacteria in the genus Streptomyces. The unsightly cork-like lesions, which range from relatively superficial to deep...
Growing edamame is a delicious and versatile vegetable and also a joy with a little help from these experts. Authors: Carol Miles, Justin O'Dea, Catherine Daniels, Jacky King 10 pages
From Weeds to Flowers: Creating Sustainable Wildflower Meadows in Arid Climates
Wildflower meadows have the potential to benefit homeowners, public land managers and commercial property caretakers in numerous ways. They can beautify landscapes, simplify maintenance, strengthen...
Growing Wasabi in the Pacific Northwest
Describes wasabi cultivar selection, propagation methods, growing environments, irrigation and fertilizer needs, planting requirements, weed control, harvest considerations, storage, insect and...
Help Protect the Famous Idaho Potato: Diagnose and Control Late Blight in Your Home Garden
Potato and tomato plants are susceptible to late blight, a disease caused by a fungal-like pathogen that caused the Irish Potato Famine of 1845–52. The disease is still with us today and continues...
Idaho's Noxious Weeds, 10th edition
$7 This newest edition of our popular pocket guide shows all the weeds on Idaho's official noxious weeds list, including examples of the three newest additions. Inside find true-color photos of...
Impact of Freezing Temperatures on Potato Tubers
Although relatively uncommon in Idaho’s climate, freezing conditions occasionally occur during harvest while potatoes are still in the ground. Learn how to manage these conditions more effectively...
Iris Yellow Spot Virus: A Threat to Seed- and Bulb-Onion Crops in Idaho
Iris Yellow Spot Virus is a powerful viral pathogen that drastically slows onion growth, leading to major crop loss and higher production costs. It first appeared in Idaho in 1989, but has since...
Knotweed Shrubs: Identification, Biology, and Management
Being able to correctly identify the five knotweeds that grow in the Northwest can help you choose the best control strategies. Color photographs of the weeds accompany a detailed chart describing...
Managing Bacterial Ring Rot of Potato
Bacterial ring rot, caused by the bacterium Clavibacter sepedonicus, is one of the most destructive potato diseases in the world. Because losses due to stored, decaying potatoes can be substantial,...
Northern Idaho Fertilizer Guide: Legume and Legume-Grass Pastures
Fertilizer improves plant growth and productivity. An entry in the northern Idaho Fertilizer Guide series, this three-page publication offers fertilizer guidelines for established nonirrigated...
Northern Idaho Fertilizer Guide: Spring Peas
Fertilizer improves plant growth and productivity. An entry in the northern Idaho Fertilizer Guide series, this four-page publication offers fertilizer guidelines for nitrogen, phosphorus,...
This two-page fact sheet for use in the field offers recommendations for growing onions in Idaho, with pointers or information on growth stages and development, planting, fertilization, irrigation,...
How to recognize and manage oxeye daisy in pastures, rangelands and road sides. Color photographs. Authors: Steven Hines, Timothy S. Prather, Sandra Robins 4 pages
Pea shoots, the young, tender vine tips of garden peas, are increasingly found in high-end restaurants; learn to successfully grow this delicacy. Authors: Carol Miles, Justin O'Dea, Catherine...
Physiological Leaf Roll of Tomato
This publication helps distinguish between tomato physiological leaf roll and infectious plant diseases that can cause yield and fruit quality losses. Also discusses leaf roll management strategies...
Planning an Idaho Vegetable Garden
$7 Four gardening experts provide successful gardening methods. Discusses site selection, garden layout, weed and insect control, and crop by crop planting instructions. Also contains a thorough...
Potato Mop-Top Virus: Biology and Disease Management
Potato mop-top causes dark, internal blemishes in potatoes. Because it is an emerging disease in the United States and no control measures yet exist, growers need to know the basic facts to...
Potato Virus Y Management for the Seed Potato Producer
One of the most serious challenges facing seed potato producers is managing Potato virus Y, which causes stunting, foliar damage, wilting and sometimes plant death, even though some potato species...
Powdery scab is a formidable and damaging fungus-like pathogen that damages potatoes worldwide. It causes gall formation on roots as well as lesions on the tubers, which reduce potato quality as...
Preventing Potato Bruise Damage
Bruising costs the U.S. potato industry hundreds of millions of dollars annually and penalizes growers via lower prices, reduced demand and increased storage loss. This training guide helps...
Markets for special forest products in Idaho (edible wild mushrooms, fresh floral greens, dried flowers, wild berries, seeds, roots, bark and other plant parts) have expanded considerably since...
Thumbnail Cracks of Potato Tubers
Mishandling tubers is a liability for growers. It helps skin defects to emerge, flaws that often repel consumers when they shop for potatoes in a grocery store. The most common one is a thumbnail...
Understanding Weight Loss of Potato Tuber in Storage
Water is a crucial component of a potato. The more water a potato loses, the less its selling potential. Understanding water loss in stored potatoes is thus vitally important for producers. Learn...
Weeds are opportunistic, but many of those found in Idaho lawns can be prevented and controlled. This Idaho Green Thumb How-To provides the basics about how to deal with these stubborn plants.
A poisonous noxious weed, white bryony grows rapidly and can smother and kill small trees and shrubs. Learn its characteristics and how to identify and control it in this profile of the viny member...