With very low potato cyst nematode numbers on the farm requiring ... and he is aware that McCain is using the variety. “The tubers are a nice size and shape,” says Mr Backhouse.

Infected potato tubers have a dry ... Practice crop rotation. Nematodes are microscopic worms that live in the soil and feed on plant roots which causes stunting. Infestation is characterised ...

Measures to protect Scotland’s seed potato sector from the spread of potato cyst nematodes (PCN ... of soil’ (where soil is brushed from the tuber). “However, this would not align with ...

Potato farmer Keith Tiegs is fighting a stubby root nematodes that create a vector for the tobacco rattle virus, which creates corky spots in the flesh of the tuber. He hopes a new device by Lisi ...

The significant threat from potato cyst nematode (PCN) in many potato growing areas in Scotland ... so there are other market options and he is aware that McCain is using the variety. “The tubers are ...

Potato breeders at Oregon State University are hot on the tail of a microscopic parasite lurking in farms across the Columbia Basin. Columbia root-knot nematodes might be too small to see with the ...