We've been featured on the BBC's the One Show! (01/10/2024)

Our segment with Chef Hasan ‘Big Has’ Semay covers PCN, why its an issue for the potato industry, and resistant varieties!

Watch at: https://bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0023hs8

A big thank you to all project partners and funding received from the Scottish Government.

The work of PCN Action Scotland has been featured by the BBC in print (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdkyrk0g0lo), on BBC Radio 4 Farming, and as interviews with Dr James Price and Dr Kerry Leslie on Reporting Scotland this week!

We would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge all the breeding companies which have dedicated years to breeding new PCN resistant varieties, without which the PCN project would not exist.

We would also like to acknowledge all partners of PCN Action Scotland – SASA, SRUC & SAC Consulting, Scottish Agronomy, SoilEssentials, BioSS, The James Hutton Institute, and the plant health centre. Each of these partners equally contributes invaluable inputs into the project.

PCN Action Scotland would like to take this opportunity to thank the Scottish Government for the funding to conduct this research.

PCN Action Scotland has been featured in an article by the British Potato Review. The article centres on the annual public open day hosted at Barnyards farm in Tannadice to discuss the project's field trials results.

https://britishpotato.co.uk/news/

The scope of the PCN problem has been highlighted in The Scottish Farmer after project lead Dr James Price gave a presentation at the SAC Association of Potato Producers annual conference in January.

https://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/arable/24091568.pcn-impact-land-affected-double-every-seven-years/

Thank you to the Farm Advisory Service FAS TV team for coming to film at the Barnyards Trials Open Day in August last year. The video features the trials work and knowledge exchange that PCN Action Scotland are carrying out.

For more information (and to see some familiar faces!) follow the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/SuYec-1Xu78?si=Fqa3RG_Fz9WUxsnz

An article on PCN Action Scotland has been featured in Potato News Today!

www.potatonewstoday.com/2023/11/10/potato-cyst-nematodes-threaten-scottish-seed-potato-industrys-future/

After a very positive meeting between members of the PCN Action Scotland group, GB PCN Forum, and PAPAS last month the action group have been featured in the Forum's November newsletter.

Two days of fascinating discussions between the PCN Action Group, PAPAS (USA), and GB PCN Forum to explore our ongoing PCN work.

Read more about individual projects here:
https://pcnhub.ac.uk
https://potatonematodes.org
https://gb-potatoes.co.uk/news