Washington State University Potato Research Overview (Video)
Introduction into Washington State University (a PAPAS partner) Potato Research Group: research projects, partnerships, and extension outreach.
Planting quinoa could provide a profitable rotation crop for potato farmers in eastern Idaho who are dealing with an infestation of pale cyst nematode (PCN).
Learn more about one of the objectives of the PAPAS project: to develop cultivars resistant to several nematodes that attack potatoes.
Sampling depth is an important factor in the likelihood of detecting nematodes through soil sampling. However, while the horizontal movement of nematodes in soil has been widely studied, research on their vertical movement is lacking.
Expanding its international collaboration in potato nematode research and management, the PAPAS team joins PCN Action Scotland and NEM-EMERGE to host a Potato Nematode Stakeholder Workshop at the European Society of Nematologists 36th Symposium in Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands on June 2, 2026.
Potato breeding programs use smaller tubers to grow potatoes in the field the following year.
Searle Farms owner-grower Bryan Searle, (Shelley, Idaho) recounts the challenges of pale cyst nematode detection in 2006.