A summary report of progress made across the work packages addressed by the PCN working group in year one. 

Glyphosate is the main herbicide used to control potato groundkeepers. A desk based study has been undertaken to review alternative control methods and this report considers chemical, non-chemical, and integrated options while providing information on the consequences if glyphosate was not available as a control option.

A review of information relating to tolerance of potatoes to cyst nematodes.

This leaflet is for landowners and growers who own or rent land for potatoes and contains advice and actions for managing PCN.

The introduction to PCN Action Scotland presentation presented by Ian Toth, leader of the project.  

Jon Pickup from SASA presented some information and figures at the conference regarding the current trends in PCN contamination in Scotland. 

PCN tolerance has been researched in the project and James Price shared some of his findings at the conference.

This presentation by John Jones (James Hutton Institute) highlights that PCN is present in all potato producing regions and focuses on the challenges faced in Kenya.  

Catriona McLean from SoilEssentials shared some insights into the technology that they have been developing to detect groundkeepers in the field. 

The results from the 2022 demonstration trial held at Barnyards by kind permission of Neill Smith were presented by Phillip Burgess (scottishpotatoes.org) and Eric Anderson (Scottish Agronomy).

Presentation by Steven Thomson from SRUC with information about the economics of the potato industry and PCN. 

Development of a decision support system is included in the project and Jim Wilson led the workshop on ideas and inclusions for a DSS.

This presentation from the conference shows the work being done at the James Hutton Institute to help identify and include PCN resistance in potato breeding.