Potato Cyst Nematode Management Strategies: Current Situation and Promising Approaches

Potato cyst nematodes (PCNs) pose a great challenge for potato cultivation throughout the world. Being a rather difficult parasite due to a number of its physiological features, specifically a long-term viability of the eggs, PCNs cause drastic damage to worldwide agriculture. There are several approaches to prevent the spread of these pests, primarily using synthetic nematicides as well as biological products on a bacterial and fungal basis and application of agrophytocenotic methods. However, each of these conventional approaches has its considerable disadvantages. As a result, given the high yield losses caused by PCNs and the limited efficacy of conventional approaches to deal with this problem, a new means of pest control needs to be sought and researched. Development of long-acting preparations deposited with nematicidal ingredients could be a novel prospective approach for PCNs management.