The broad-spectrum resistance of litchi tomato has enormous potential for new potato nematode management tools. Koy Chandler, master’s student in plant pathology at Washington State University, shows the fascinating process of how litchi tomato (Solanum sisymbriifolium), or sticky nightshade, extracts are made from plant material for potato nematode research.
Introduction into Washington State University’s Potato Research Group: research projects, partnerships, and extension outreach.
How deep do potato nematodes go in the soil and how much do they move? Hans Mejia shares how the PAPAS team is finding answers and solutions for these potato grower concerns.
The 2017 Snake River Pest Management Tour provides an update on work to control and eradicate the pale cyst nematode in Idaho.
Damage to potatoes caused by northern root-knot and Columbia root-knot nematodes.
Researchers at the University of Idaho College of Agricultural and Life Sciences are working to develop potatoes resistant to the pale cyst nematode.
PAPAS and the Cornell Potato Breeding Program plant multiple elite breeding clones to evaluate nematode resistance.