The Rhinelander Agricultural Research Station will host the University of Wisconsin Potato Breeding Field Day on July 28. The event is free and will feature research presentations and tours of the station.
Attendees will start the day listening to short research presentations focused on non-potato research activities at the station, including timber management, phytoremediation, and native grass bioenergy projects. The group will also tour the station's fields and pollinator plot via tour wagons for a second round of presentations focused on the latest potato research by UW-Madison faculty and graduate students. In addition to viewing a showcase of new potato varieties developed at the station, attendees will learn about diploid breeding; aerial imagery and spectral analysis; and plant disease and insect management.
Lunch will be provided at the station after returning from the fields. For more information about the event, call 715-369-0619.
The station is home to the UW-Madison's potato breeding program, one of the nation's top potato research facilities.
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