b'An ethylene generator at work in storage with the potatoes during the study. PHOTO: RYAN BARRETTA field trial was completed with eight russet potato varieties. Despite in-oculation, pink rot pressure was low with little disease occurrence happening in the fields. All the varieties when they were inoculated and then received post-har-vest treatment, almost no pink rot developed. And we have seen that numer-ous times, Miller says during his presentation. The take home message here is if you do have a field phosphite program in place, and for whatever reason you still have pink rot as you prepare to harvest, the post-harvest treatment will give you added protection.It was found post-harvest phosphite application provided almost complete control of pink rot at harvest for all varieties. In-season phosphite fungicides were not effective for reducing Pythium leak.For more information on this research visit: www.MillerResearch.com ANALYZING SOIL TREATMENTS TO MANAGE PEDTo reduce the incidence of potato early dying (PED) in your potato fields you can use soil treatments. Colby Robertson at the University of Lethbridge did his masters project on this and presented his findings at the PAA meeting. Robertsons project included three objectives. The first was to examine the effect of soil treatments on verticillium species in the soil. The second was investigating the effects of soil treatments on the abundance of root lesion nematodes in the soil. And the third was researching the effects of soil treatments on crop yield.Soil treatments were applied in strips to the plots and included the in-fur- Colby Robertson, a masters student at the University of Lethbridge, researchedpotato early dying (PED) incidence in potato fields which can be reduced by using row nematicide Velum Prime, the in-furrow fungicide Elatus, and Pic Plussoil treatments.PHOTO: COLBY ROBERTSONFALL 2020 SPUDSMART.COM 19'