Seeding Change

摘要

New varieties offer more sustainability, better resistance. Reports of the demise of the Russet Burbank may be a little premature, but there is a developing sense that the mighty variety is slowly being retired due to the rising demands for more sustainable varieties. Phil Nolte, seed potatospecialist at the University of Idaho Idaho Falls Extension office, said seed lots of Russet Burbanks, though still No. 1, dropped to 43 percent of certification lots last year.