b'North Dakota and MinnesotaOakes, North DakotaThere are several studies in Oakes at theNDSUOakesIrrigationResearchSite-Robert Titus Research Farm. We want toacknowledge Kelly Cooper and the staffat the Oakes Research Site for their sup-port.Atthislocationwehaveestab-lishedfertilizertrialswithMosaicandSQM nutrition. We are evaluating bio-logicals from Amvac Chemical, BioWishTechnologies, ASLE Technologies group,and Biolevel. Herbicides from FMC andGowanarebeingtested.Weacknowl-edge Kelly Cooper, Heidi Eslinger, andSeth Nelson for all their support at thislocation.Larimore, North DakotaThisisthesecondlocationforJedGrows study looking at bulking rate andverticilliumaccumulationatthreeplantingdatesforBannockRusset,Dakota Russet, and Russet Burbank. Wethank Hoverson Farms for hosting us atworkisinvarietydevelopment,weed nutrition.Wearestudyingturkeythis location. control, fertilizer, cultural management manure with and without the additionand other agronomic related questions.of ESN. We have a herbicide trial evalu- Inkster, North Dakotaating the efficacy of different tank mix-Becker, Minnesota tures of herbicides on weed control and In Inkster we have the second locationfor the row spacing study being doingWehaveestablishedaseedlottrials plant production. We are studying thebyPhDstudentPhabianMakokha,towhere commercial growers can submit value of polymer coated AMS in Russetdeterminethevaluesofnarrowerrowtheir seed lots to be grown out. Phabian Burbank production. And working withspacingofred,yellowandchippingMakokha,agraduatestudentfrom Yara to evaluate CN-9 as a source of Capotatoes.Aseedlottrialswherecom-Kenya is studying the value of narrower toreducehollowheart.JedGrowismercialgrowerscansubmittheirseedrow spacing of red, yellow and chipping studyingbulkingrateandverticilliumlots to be grown out here. Additionally,potatoes. Thank you to Ron Faber and accumulation at three planting dates forwe have a seed treatment test looking atthe team at Becker Sand Plains Research BannockRusset,DakotaRusset,andthe effects of seed treatments on plantFarm for their support. RussetBurbank.WethankRDOFarmstandandyield.ThankstoDeanDivision for hosting all the Perham tri-Perham, Minnesota als.Peterson and Russel Benz and their teamfor supporting the trials at Inkster. TrialsinPerhamarefocusedonplantJULY/AUGUST 2021 POTATO GROWER 13'