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!
Upcoming Events
- North Carolina Sweetpotato Field Day
- Date: October 8, 2026
- Location: Cunningham Research Station – Kinston (200 Cunningham Road, Kinston, NC)
- Louisiana State University 2026 Sweetpotato Field Day
- Date: September 3, 2026
- Location: Sweet Potato Research Station (Chase, LA)
- Mississippi State Sweet Potato Field Day
- Date: August 13, 2026
- Location: Pontotoc Ridge-Flatwoods Branch Experiment Station (Pontotoc, MS)
- 65th National Convention of the U.S. Sweetpotato Council
- Date: January 17-20, 2027
- Location: Orlando, FL
- SweetARMOR Annual Stakeholder Meeting
- Date: during the National Sweetpotato Convention – more information coming soon!
- Location: TBA
- National Sweetpotato Collaborators’ Group 2027 Annual Meeting
- Date: January 15-16, 2027
- Location: Orlando, FL (prior to National Sweetpotato Convention)
- North Carolina Sweetpotato Commission, 2027 Annual Meeting of Membership
- Date: TBA – more information coming soon!
- Location: The Maxwell Center (3114 Wayne Memorial Dr., Goldsboro, NC, 27534)
News Corner
- LSU AgCenter 2025 Sweet Potato Research Station Virtual Field Day
- 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.
- 2023 North Carolina Sweetpotato Field Day Videos
