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The relationship between potato tuber yield and thermal stability
In 2011, the Michigan potato industry identified soil health as a key research priority. The following year, it published an informational document (w... READ MORE »
USDA ARS pushes forward on late blight research with wild potatoes
Distant cousins of cultivated potato may hold the key to unlocking new sources of resistance to the tuber crop's most devastating disease, late blight... READ MORE »
University of Wisconsin gets several potato-focused grants
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) announced 19 projects have been selected to receive $1,186,278 in Speci... READ MORE »
Researchers advance knowledge of late blight gene makeup
Potato late blight disease is credited as the cause of the great Irish potato famine of 1845. It has been called the worst of all diseases known to po... READ MORE »
Rising temps have Canadian researcher studying heat stress in potato plants
In recent years, rising global temperatures have left potato farmers anxious as their crops struggle to survive lengthy dry cycles that are often mark... READ MORE »
Genomics production pipeline focus of next World Potato Congress webinar
The next World Potato Congress webinar, “Developing the Pipeline from Genomics to New Products,” is set for 9 a.m. EST Dec. 15. It will be pres... READ MORE »
UI professor gets grant for organic potato weed control research
Weed management, soil health, and the nutritional quality of foods grown organically continue to be high priority research topics for organic producer... READ MORE »
The future of pale cyst nematode control
Potato cultivation in Idaho had its start, on a very small scale, in 1836. Farmers soon discovered that the state’s climate and soil yielded harvest... READ MORE »
Texas A&M researchers make breakthrough in fastidious plant diseases, like zebra chip
Texas A&M AgriLife researchers have made a discovery that will help combat fastidious pathogens, which cost U.S. agriculture alone billions of do... READ MORE »
Washington State moves ahead with potato-focused endowed chair
Launching new research in support of Washington potato growers, Washington State University is partnering with industry leaders to study healthier, mo... READ MORE »
