SweetARMOR
(Sweetpotato Advanced Resistance and Management for RKN)
The SweetARMOR project is a USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture funded project that aims to meet the needs of stakeholders in the sweetpotato industry that are experiencing economic losses at the hands of root-knot nematodes.
Explore the above menu to learn more about the SweetARMOR project, the SweetARMOR team, nematodes, and sweetpotatoes!
2023 Events
- North Carolina Sweetpotato Commission, Inc. 2023 Annual Meeting of Membership
- Date: January 19, 2023
- Time: 9am-2pm
- Location: The Maxwell Center (3114 Wayne Memorial Drive, Goldsboro, NC 27534)
- National Sweetpotato Collaborators’ Group Annual Meeting
- Date: January 20-21, 2023
- Location: Embassy Suites Hotel in Wilmington, NC
- 61st National Sweetpotato Convention
- Date: January 22-24, 2023
- Location: Embassy Suites Hotel in Wilmington, NC
- Regional North Carolina Sweetpotato Meeting 1
- Date: February 20, 2023
- Location: Wilson County Agricultural Center (1806 SW Goldsboro St, Wilson, NC)
- Time: Meal at 5:30 pm, Program from 6-8:00 pm
- Regional North Carolina Sweetpotato Meeting 2
- Date: February 23, 2023
- Location: Sampson County Ag Expo Center (414 Warsaw Road, Clinton, NC)
- Time: Meal at 5:30 pm, Program from 6-8:00 pm
- Lamb Weston Growers Meeting
- Date: March 28, 2023
- Location: Louisiana
- Louisiana State University Sweetpotato Field Day
- Date: August 31, 2023
- Location: Black Gold Farms, LA (2305 Highway 17, Delhi, LA 71232)
News Corner
- Tristan Watson: Managing the Microscopic: Spotlight on Dr. Tristan Watson of the LSU AgCenter.
- ARE Economist Joins the Fight to Curb the Effects of Invasive Nematode on SweetPotatoes: Spotlight on Dr. Daniel Tregeagle of North Carolina State University.
- North Carolina State University (NCSU) funding announcement for the SweetARMOR project.
- Louisiana State University (LSU) AgCenter funding announcement for the SweetARMOR project.
