Potatoes are a pervasive staple and specialty crop the world over, but so too are the pests and diseases that affect potato yields, tuber quality and farmer profitability.

One of the big frustrations in using computing to solve large, multidisciplinary challenges is managing data sets from different disciplines.

We are delighted to announce that we have just released the GEMS Grid code library, where the code is under the open source Apache 2.0 license.

GEMS is leading a novel 2-year project funded by the Minnesota Invasive Terrestrial Plants and Pests Center.