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.
Searle Farms owner-grower Bryan Searle, (Shelley, Idaho) recounts the challenges of pale cyst nematode detection in 2006.
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.
Introduction into Washington State University’s Potato Research Group: research projects, partnerships, and extension outreach.
PAPAS and the Cornell Potato Breeding Program work towards developing cultivars that are compatible with growers’ production systems and resistant to nematodes.
The 2017 Snake River Pest Management Tour provides an update on work to control and eradicate the pale cyst nematode in Idaho.
Researchers at the University of Idaho College of Agricultural and Life Sciences are working to develop potatoes resistant to the pale cyst nematode.