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Wild Potatoes May Help Protect Against Pectobacterium Diseases

Most cultivated potato varieties are susceptible to potato diseases caused by Pectobacterium species but wild potatoes from South America may hold the key to...

Study Finds Potatoes Can Reduce Insulin Resistance

A new study has found that a low-energy dense diet including daily potato intake promoted weight loss and reduced insulin resistance as effectively as...

The Road to Better Soil Health and a Reduced Carbon Footprint for Potatoes

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded Oregon State University (OSU) a USD$50 million grant to work on cropping practices with farmers and...

Wild Potato Relatives Have Potential to Control Zebra Chip Disease

A new study by researchers from Texas A&M AgriLife have discovered a level of resistance to zebra chip disease in certain wild potato species. Funded...

Reducing the Wireworm Threat

As a national wireworm research project wraps, growers have more ways to control the pest. When Christine Noronha first started researching wireworms more than a...

Latest Manitoba Potato Research Showcased at Field Day

The Canada-Manitoba Crop Diversification Field Day (CMCDC) in Carberry, Man. on Aug. 9 showcased the latest research the CMCDC and MHPEC Inc. teams are up...

Wild Potatoes May Help Protect Against Pectobacterium Diseases

Most cultivated potato varieties are susceptible to potato diseases caused by Pectobacterium species but wild potatoes from South America may hold the key to...

Study Finds Potatoes Can Reduce Insulin Resistance

A new study has found that a low-energy dense diet including daily potato intake promoted weight loss and reduced insulin resistance as effectively as...

The Road to Better Soil Health and a Reduced Carbon Footprint for Potatoes

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded Oregon State University (OSU) a USD$50 million grant to work on cropping practices with farmers and...

Wild Potato Relatives Have Potential to Control Zebra Chip Disease

A new study by researchers from Texas A&M AgriLife have discovered a level of resistance to zebra chip disease in certain wild potato species. Funded...

Reducing the Wireworm Threat

As a national wireworm research project wraps, growers have more ways to control the pest. When Christine Noronha first started researching wireworms more than a...

Latest Manitoba Potato Research Showcased at Field Day

The Canada-Manitoba Crop Diversification Field Day (CMCDC) in Carberry, Man. on Aug. 9 showcased the latest research the CMCDC and MHPEC Inc. teams are up...