SHELLEY, Idaho — A potato field’s recent release from government regulation marks a milestone in the nearly two-decade battle against the Pale Cyst Nematode, farmer Bryan Searle said. “This is the ...

Dutch plant ecologists have investigated how the potato cyst nematode can be controlled using Solanum sisymbriifolium, a member of the potato family. The plant produces a hatching agent which causes ...

For a potato farmer, there are few moments as discouraging as a run-in with the potato cyst nematode, which causes yellowing leaves and stunted spuds to be covered in legions. The pest has been ...

In East Africa and other regions, potato crops are currently threatened by a worm known as the potato cyst nematode. There could be new hope for protecting the plants, however, in the form of ...

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MOSCOW — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a University of Idaho-led research team $6.8 million to help potato farmers better control nematodes. Most nematodes benefit soil, but parasitic ...

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For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. ICIPE has developed a technology to deal with the potato cyst nematode (PCN) pest. [Antony ...

Nearly two decades after a quarantine pest of potatoes known as pale cyst nematode (PCN) was first discovered in Eastern Idaho, officials have confirmed their first success in eliminating it from a ...

Demand for potatoes in eastern Africa has been growing steadily, achieving an annual growth of 3.1% between 1993 and 2020. This growth is driven in part by rising demand from the fast food industry ...

Potatoes produce a molecule that is converted by microbes and causes potato parasites to hatch. The Kobe University discovery of this three-way relationship not only adds a new perspective to how ...