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Tuber Attacks Triggered by Above-ground Attacks

Potato plants boost the chemical defences in their leaves when Guatemalan tuber moth larvae feed on their tubers, report researchers at the Boyce Thompson...

In Praise of the Yukon Gold Potato

On Barack Obama’s table at holiday feasts; on Justin Trudeau’s plate at his White House state dinner; and on the Oscar gala hors-d’oeuvres trays, was...

NASA Really Is Trying to Grow Potatoes on Mars

As humans prepare to blast off to Mars, there is still the question of what they’ll eat once they colonize the red planet. Scientists...

Book Touts Potatoes’ Health Benefits

Author Tim Steele’s new book, The Potato Hack: Weight Loss Simplified, focuses on potatoes as an article of health and touts the potato as the best diet...

U.S. Potatoes Board Changes Name

Members of the US Potato Board have approved a new name during the board’s 44th annual meeting, voting to change the title — and...

Calls for Fewer Russet Burbanks in P.E.I.

If the P.E.I. Watershed Alliance has its way, the province's most grown potato may eventually be a spud of the past. P.E.I.’s provincial environment department...

Tuber Attacks Triggered by Above-ground Attacks

Potato plants boost the chemical defences in their leaves when Guatemalan tuber moth larvae feed on their tubers, report researchers at the Boyce Thompson...

In Praise of the Yukon Gold Potato

On Barack Obama’s table at holiday feasts; on Justin Trudeau’s plate at his White House state dinner; and on the Oscar gala hors-d’oeuvres trays, was...

NASA Really Is Trying to Grow Potatoes on Mars

As humans prepare to blast off to Mars, there is still the question of what they’ll eat once they colonize the red planet. Scientists...

Book Touts Potatoes’ Health Benefits

Author Tim Steele’s new book, The Potato Hack: Weight Loss Simplified, focuses on potatoes as an article of health and touts the potato as the best diet...

U.S. Potatoes Board Changes Name

Members of the US Potato Board have approved a new name during the board’s 44th annual meeting, voting to change the title — and...

Calls for Fewer Russet Burbanks in P.E.I.

If the P.E.I. Watershed Alliance has its way, the province's most grown potato may eventually be a spud of the past. P.E.I.’s provincial environment department...