Researching the potential for breeding PCN-resistant russet varieties, an important step toward developing more PCN-resistant potato varieties for a stronger potato industry.
Providing potato growers with precise, data-driven strategies to effectively and sustainably combat plant-parasitic nematodes.
Watch our free webinar to see the latest discoveries in potato nematode control, detection, and resistant variety development.
The PAPAS 2024 annual report showcases significant progress made in research for systems approach to potato nematode management.
Advancing potato varieties with resistance to Columbia root-knot nematode (CRKN) through genomic prediction.
Developing a potato cultivar that is resistant to both Potato Virus Y (PVY) and potato cyst nematodes.
Research collecting potato pollen for developing varieties resistant to nematodes.
Thousands of different clones are grown and evaluated each year through potato breeding programs.
One of the environments the Cornell potato breeding program uses to test elite clones are muck fields in the northern part of New York.
Potato breeding programs use smaller tubers to grow potatoes in the field the following year.