2025 Stakeholder Report: Accomplishments in Potato Nematode Research
The PAPAS 2025 Stakeholder Report summarizes major accomplishments across diagnostics, breeding, nematicide discovery, economics, decision tools, and outreach.
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Q&A Panel: Management of Invasive Potato Nematodes
This panel discussion covers cornerstones of nematode management, presenting the latest information on economic thresholds, and providing an update on the development of nematode resistant potatoes.
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PAPAS at Potato Expo 2026
This year at Potato Expo in Dallas, we’ll once again be in the Potato Research Advisory Committee booth #1132, where you’ll have a chance to test your nematode knowledge and win a prize.
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The Grower’s Toolbox: Protecting Potatoes from Nematodes
For decades, potato growers have fought nematodes with fumigation, crop rotation, and strict sanitation measures. While these practices remain essential, other management options need to be considered.
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PAPAS Graduate Students Present at WSU Plant Science Symposium
Three University of Idaho graduate students from the PAPAS team presented posters at the 2025 Washington State University Plant Science Symposium.
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Virtual Nematology Conference 2025
Six postdoc students from the PAPAS team presented their research at the 2025 Virtual Nematology Conference.
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Idaho High School Grows Litchi Tomato for Potato Nematode Research
The litchi tomato plants have been harvested, sectioned, and stored for further research by PAPAS.
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PAPAS Team Travels to South Africa for Nematology Symposium
Three PAPAS researchers recently traveled to South Africa to meet with nematologists from around the world.
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Litchi Tomato for Root-Knot Nematode Control
Evaluating the total effect of litchi tomato plant biomass compounds for root-knot nematode management.
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First Idaho Field Cleared of Pale Cyst Nematode
For the first time since its discovery in 2006, the pale cyst nematode (Globodera pallida; PCN) has been successfully eradicated from a field in Idaho—thanks in part to the PAPAS team.
