This gives growers the option of controlling the size fruit they need for their own marketing purposes. The potato breeders at Cornell are preparing to release two promising tablestock clones. The first is NY101, a high yielding, pale yellow fleshed clone, similar in color to Yukon Gold. The other is NY103, also high yielding with outstanding appearance, shallow eyes and bright white skin. Official names have not yet been chosen, but will be soon.
Integrated management is crucial for success in dealing with the disease.
While we are working diligently on creating resistant plants, their contribution to solving the problem is still several years away and there is still significant reliance on fungicides if disease is imminent. Fungicides differ in mode of action and efficacy and these need to be used appropriately. The lesion nematode was also recovered from onion root and soil samples, but at a much lower frequency. The application of Vydate was found highly effective in reducing the population of the nematode and its damage to onions. A request for a special local need labelling of Vydate use on onions in New York will be made for short-term management of the nematode.