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RESISTANCE IS GOLDEN Golden nematode research and management program Empire State Potato Growers Melanie Wickham Manager & Executive Director New York's nematode research program is the only program in North America that has hands-on experience and expertise in the biology, resistance breeding and management of the golden nematode. program in North America that has hands- on experience and expertise in the biology, resistance breeding and management of the potato cyst nematode Globodera rostochiensis—golden nematode). Access to resistant varieties allows continued production and international marketing of U.S. potatoes. The ARS nematode research program collaborates with the potato breeding program at Cornell University, presently headed up by Dr. Walter DeJong, as well as many other breeding programs in the country, including the University of Maine, Golden nematode was first discovered in New York State in 1941 and has been successfully confined within New York as the result of a coordinated multi-institutional team approach that includes contributions from USDA'S Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Cornell University, USDA-Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), the New York Department of Agriculture and Markets, and New York growers. Quarantine and regulatory activities have played an integral role in limiting the spread of golden nematode, but it is the research component that has provided the basis for the effective management of infested areas. The nematode research program currently directed by ARS's Dr. Xiaohong Wang in Ithaca, N.Y., is the only 64 POTATO GROWER | FEBRUARY 2016 Order Now To Guarantee Delivery For 2016 155510AgVant13.indd 1 9/25/15 8:32 AM The juvenile golden nematode is about a half-millimeter long. Photo by Lynn Carta