During the Northern Plains Potato Growers Association Research Reporting Conference, growers considered ways to manage nematodes with cover crops, variety trial results and nitrogen management. NDSU Potato Breeder Susie Thompson said she is looking forward to new potato research labs, including a potato quality lab featured in the new Peltier Complex at North Dakota State University. Construction on the project is expected to begin in the spring. Additional facilities are being considered. “The way the current research building at the NDSU building is designed, to get to potato breeding, we have to walk through spaces where commercial potatoes are worked with and there’s a tremendous amount of risk.”
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