22 AgriSupply Amvac Chemical Arcola Hardwood Brock Equipment CertisBio Corteva Agriscience Durand-Wayland, Inc. Granco Minerals Helena Agri-Enterprises Manry Rawls NC Farm Bureau Benchmark Building & Irrigation Spring Acres Sales In October the NC SweetPotato Commission Foundation was awarded $166,736 to research controlling GRKN in sweetpotato packing facilities. We have partnered with Dr. Adrienne Gorny at NCSU to develop a rapid-response test to find the presence of GRKN in sweetpotatoes prior to their being packed or stored. In addition, the project will support the identification and development of best practices to be used at the packing house to reduce the inadvertent transmission of GRKN and to aid in the prevention of shipping infested product that can result in North Carolina Sweetpotato growers losing market share. And lastly, we will work with volunteer packing houses who agree to be part of a pilot project to determine both the cost effectiveness and the reduction of nematode population as a result of gassing sweetpotatoes in storage If you would like to be part of this research, contact our consultant Anne Gallagher at [email protected]. We thank all those already actively involved for your willingness to serve the industry, it is through such efforts, research and partnership that we will be able to defeat this destructive pest.
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