Washington State University Potato Research Overview (Video)
Introduction into Washington State University (a PAPAS partner) Potato Research Group: research projects, partnerships, and extension outreach.
PAPAS stands for Potatoes and Pests – Actionable Science Against Nematodes. Launched in 2023, the four-year project is funded by a $6.8 million grant from the USDA’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative and focuses on providing growers with best management practices for controlling nematode infestations.
Damage to potatoes caused by northern root-knot and Columbia root-knot nematodes.
See how extracts from litchi tomato (Solanum sisymbriifolium) are made afrom plant material for potato nematode research.
Learn about our research investigating litchi tomato for new nematode management chemistries.
Searle Farms owner-grower Bryan Searle, (Shelley, Idaho) recounts the challenges of pale cyst nematode detection in 2006.
Three University of Idaho graduate students from the PAPAS team presented posters at the 2025 Washington State University Plant Science Symposium.