Researchers have been testing the efficacy of using Solanum sisymbriifolium (also known as litichi tomato or sticky nightshade) as a non-host trap crop to help eliminate pale cyst nematode in eastern Idaho. Results have been promising.
Featuring Pamela J.S. Hutchinson, Potato Cropping Weed Scientist, University of Idaho.
The researchers will target two species of potato cyst nematodes — the pale cyst nematode, which is known in the U.S. to exist only in a small area of eastern Idaho, and the golden nematode, found in New York.
Evaluating the total effect of litchi tomato plant biomass compounds for root-knot nematode management.
Research collecting potato pollen for developing varieties resistant to nematodes.
Nematologists and plant pathologists gather to learn what’s new in potato nematode diagnostics.
Learn about our research investigating litchi tomato for new nematode management chemistries.
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.