Europa 23/11/2025
Scottish: New tool helps farmers manage costly potato pest
Scottish potato growers are set to benefit from a new interactive tool which allows them to predict the impact of different potato varieties, cover crops and the use of nematicides on field levels of the industry’s most costly pest.
It was launched at the recent British Potato event in Harrogate and is the result of PCN Action Scotland, a five-year Scottish government-funded project.
An estimated 41% of Scottish ware (human consumption) potato land is infected with potato cyst nematode.
This infection can drastically reduce potato yields and is notoriously difficult to control.
Fuente: fwi.co.uk
