Nematodes result in import shut US border to Alberta seed potatoes

november 20, 2007
The U.S. border has been closed to seed potatoes from Alberta after the plant pest golden nematode was found on two seed potato fields.
USDA and CFIA were in talks as of Tuesday to determine when the border would open again.

"We'd like it opened as quickly as possible because some of the shipping is imminent,"said PGA executive director Vern Warkentin.

Golden nematode and pale cyst nematode are both considered quarantine pests because they can reduce yields of host crops, such as potatoes and eggplants, by up to 80 per cent and can survive dormant in host soil for decades.

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