Michigan Research

Small Plot Research

• Cabbage

• Carrot

• Corn

• Cucumber

• Dry Bean

• Onion

• Pepper

North Carolina Research

Small Plot Research

• Corn

• Cotton

• Peanuts

• Potato

• Soybean

• Sweet Potato

• Wheat

Study Types

• Fumigation

• Fungicide

• Herbicide

• Insecticide

• Nematicide

• Nutritional/Fertilizer

Large Farm Studies

• Potato

 Crop Consulting

CONSULTING SERVICES ON POTATOES BEGAN IN 2005. STRATING WITH JUST A FEW HUNDRED ACRES, OUR CONSULTING SERVICES HAVE NOW GROWN TO OVER 30,000 ACRES THAT SPAN ACCROSS MICHIGAN, NORTH CAROLINA, AND INDIANA.

JOHN MARK MANAGES OUR POTATO SCOUTING PROGRAM AS WELL AS OUR GRID SAMPLING PROGRAM FOR AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL COMPANIES.

PRIVATE CONSULTING SERVICES INCLUDE,

MONITORING FIELDS TO IDENTIFY AND QUANTIFY:

• INSECTS

• WEEDS

• DISEASES

• NUTRIENT DIFICIENCIES

• SOIL AND PETIOLE SAMPLES

• NOTING DETRIMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE FIELD

• CREATING REPORTS, BASED ON OBSERVATIONS AND DATA COLLECTED FROM FIELDS TO HELP TO OPTIMIZE YIELD AND QUALITY.

 Nematode/Plant Diagnostic Lab

THE NEMATODE/PLANT DIANOSTIC LABORATORY WAS BUILT IN 2017. THIS ADDITION INCLUDED: NEMATODE SAMPLING, REAL-TIME PCR, GENOTYPING LATE BLIGHT AND BUILDING OUR EARLY DIE COMPLEX RISK INDEX FOR POTATOES.OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS SAMPLING POTATOES, SOYBEANS AND CORN.

APHIS CERTIFICATION TO RECIEVE PLANT TISSUE/SOIL FROM THE ENTIRE CONTINENTAL U.S. WAS OBTAINED IN 2020.

IDEALLY, POTATO GROWERS WILL SAMPLE THEIR FIELDS EVERY TWO WEEKS DURING THE PEAK GROWING SEASON. THIS ALLOWS US TO BUILD A RISK INDEX GRAPHS FOR EACH FIELD TO SEE HOW VERTICILLIUM MAY PROGRESS THROUGH THE SEASON. ALSO ENABLLING OUR CROP-CONSULTANTS TO WATCH FOR POTENTIAL EARLY DIE ISSUES.