Factsheets

The factsheets below provide background information and summarise the aims of each work package.   

Work Package 1 - Economics, Work Package 6 - Groundkeeper Control, Work Package 2 - Decision Support, Work Package 3 - Resistance marker development and mobilising new resistances, Work Package 4 - Dihaploid induction for accelerated crop improvement, Work Package 5 - Mechanistic understanding of tolerance to PCN to aid breeding, Work Package 7 - Novel IPM tools, Work Package 8 - Knowledge Exchange and Communications, Work Package 9 - Policy

PCN Action Scotland and the BBC – behind the scenes

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One the right is a "behind the scenes" article covering what the filming process with BBC's the one show looked like, and highlighting the key messages when it comes to potato cyst nematodes and resistant potato varieties!

 

To watch the segment click here https://bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0023hs8

Work Package 7 - Novel IPM tools, Work Package 8 - Knowledge Exchange and Communications

Cover Crops - Oil Radish

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Cover crops are planted to provide a benefit to the field (e.g. improved soil health, or reduction of pests & diseases) without the expectation of harvesting the crop at the end of the season. 

It is though that the chemicals produced by oil radish can reduce PCN populations in the soil. Neill Smith at barnyards has been planting Bento oil radish on his land for multiple rotations.

Field trials are being conducted in 2024 to assess which oil radish varieties reduce PCN populations. 

Work Package 1 - Economics, Work Package 8 - Knowledge Exchange and Communications, Work Package 9 - Policy

The Estimated Economic Contribution of Scotland's Seed and Ware Potato Sectors

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This report is part of Work Package 1: Economic Contribution of the Scottish Government funded research project: Delivering a sustainable potato industry for Scotland through management of Potato cyst nematode (PCN). As part of this workstream this report aims to provide new insights into the economic contribution that the Scottish potato sector makes beyond the often cited farmgate value of potato production. This report provides a statistical overview of this concentrated and highly regulated sector, including data on consumption, exports, imports, production, varieties, seed and ware sector – alongside estimates of economic contribution.