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University of Idaho researchers are introducing genes from a plant in the nightshade family into potatoes.

A University of Idaho-led research team has received a $6.8 million U.S. Department of Agriculture award to develop new diagnostic tools, management practices and resources for controlling harmful nematodes in potato fields.<p>Nematodes are tiny roundworms with unsegmented bodies. Most nematodes are beneficial to soil, but plant-parasitic nematodes attack plant roots and may kill entire plants.<p>Potato nematodes can significantly reduce spud yields but are not a human health issue.&...

A University of Idaho-led research team has received a $6.8 million U.S. Department of Agriculture award to develop new diagnostic tools, management practices and resources for controlling harmful nematodes in potato fields.<p>Nematodes are tiny roundworms with unsegmented bodies. Most nematodes are beneficial to soil, but plant-parasitic nematodes attack plant roots and may kill entire plants.<p>Potato nematodes can significantly reduce spud yields but are not a human health issue.&...

PAPAS Announces Plan to Combat Potato Nematodes

PAPAS Announces Plan to Combat Potato Nematodes

University of Idaho researchers are introducing genes from a plant in the nightshade family into potatoes.

U of I undergraduate biotechnology and plant genomics major unlocking high-tech skills.

University of Idaho researchers are introducing genes from a plant in the nightshade family into potatoes, to develop spuds that resist harmful nematodes.  

U of I undergraduate biotechnology and plant genomics major unlocking high-tech skills.

Researchers are seeking to develop spuds that resist harmful nematodes