Outside of the regulated area, 10,000 acres have been tested in Idaho, and all were found to be clean.
Fenwick can apparatus for extracting cysts from soil
SHELLEY, Idaho Two more fields in southeastern Idaho have been found to contain potato cyst nematodes, Globodera pallida.
Wayne Hoffman, spokesman for the Idaho Department of Agriculture, says the
fields are close to each other and that testing is continuing.
29,000 soil samples have been tested in a Twin Falls
laboratory and at the University of Idaho Nematology Laboratory in Parma. Within
the regulated area, 4,000 acres of farm land have been tested. From the testing,
three more fields were found to be infested about a month ago, and the most
recent pair of infested fields were discovered Oct. 30, 2006, bringing to
seven the number of fields where the nematode has been found.
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“They are all in a close proximity to each other,”
Hoffman said of the positive samples. “This appears to be a very, very
isolated thing, and we're going to continue that testing.”
Outside of the regulated area, 10,000 acres have been tested in Idaho, and all were found to be clean.
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Fenwick can apparatus for extracting cysts from soil |
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The nematodes were first discovered in Idaho in April, causing Japan to
ban all fresh US potato imports.
Canada and Mexico banned all fresh potato imports from Idaho, but Canada last month resumed trade with Idaho farmers.
(Idaho State Journal)