Boise, Idaho
March 22, 2005
Whether they're searching for hot-topic updates, research
reports, management tips or cost-of-production estimates,
potato growers can find it this growing season on the Web
site of the University of Idaho's Idaho Center for Potato
Research and Education.
After opening the homepage of
the Web site at
www.ag.uidaho.edu/potato, they'll soon be deep into the
latest information on irrigation, pest management, potato
breeding, storage, economics and numerous other topics. They
can keep tabs on current issues, read featured reports on
best management practices and on reducing exposure to
drought risk, and find other information that will help them
make key decisions as the season progresses.
Only a year old, it's already
"getting to be a very good Web site for people who are
interested in potato research and extension," says center
director Mike Thornton of Parma.
Site coordinator Bill Bohl,
Extension potato educator in Blackfoot, says it "was
designed to provide a wealth of information and also to be a
portal to other useful sites containing potato
information." Users seem to agree: the site has logged
26,000 hits in the past 11 months.
Bohl hopes the site will
attract even more interest this year. "We're continually
working on it and looking for feedback from users," he says.
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