Potato Pest Control Guide

The Potato Program team at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension provides information on potato production. We update the pesticide recommendations annually by May; more frequently if new products become labeled. This is not an exhaustive list of materials labeled on potatoes in Maine; this is a list of recommended chemicals.

Current Recommendations

• Potato Seed Treatments and Soil Applications During Planting (PDF) (2024)
• Fungicide Schedule for Potatoes (PDF) (2024)

Outdated Recommendations — Use At Your Own Risk

• Potato Disinfestation (PDF) (2019)
• Treating Potatoes Entering Storage (PDF) (2019)
• Organic Producers (PDF) (2019)
• Introduction (PDF) (2011)
• Weeds (PDF) (2011)
• Insects (PDF) (2011)
• Potato Desiccation (PDF) (2011)
• Sprout inhibition (PDF) (2011)