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Rhett Spear

Rhett Spear

Rhett Spear was formerly an Assistant Professor with the University of Idaho Aberdeen Research and Extension Center.

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The next generation of high-performance potato varieties

While standard varieties such as Russet Burbank, Russet Norkotah and Ranger Russet pose agronomic challenges such as disease susceptibility and high input requirements, emerging varieties from research programs offer notable improvements.
May 27, 2024
Rhett Spear

Standard varieties, like Russet Burbank, Russet Norkotah and Ranger Russet, are still widely grown even with agronomic issues including high input requirements, internal and external defects, lower yields and disease susceptibility. Despite their widespread use, these standard varieties are slowly being displaced by new varieties that have been selected and developed to address detrimental issues and improve grower returns.


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