University of Idaho scientists are using computer molecular modeling to develop new fungicides with novel modes of action to ...

University of Idaho Extension has published a new bulletin to help potato farmers recognize the symptoms of bacterial rot and protect their operations from the devastating crop disease. Idaho hasn’t ...

LARIMORE, N.D. — The toll that hot dry weather took on the Red River Valley 2021 potato crop won’t be visible until harvest begins in a few weeks, but it’s already clear it has affected yields and ...

A group of researchers is turning to AI to try to combat potato blight, a disease that has led to around 20% of global potato crop losses amounting to financial losses of over $4.5 billion. The new AI ...

More than 200 farmers attended the morning session of the Northland Potato Growers Association Field Day held on Aug. 22, 2024, where news on disease and yield potential was generally good. Gary Secpr ...

If you’ve been into a fish and chip shop in the last twelve months, you may well have seen a notice tacked to the wall about the impact of the potato shortage. Supermarkets, too, slapped temporary ...

An innovative method of controlling a range of damaging crop diseases using native, beneficial soil bacteria has emerged from a research-industry collaboration. An innovative method of controlling a ...

The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Seed Potato Certification Program finalized a public-private partnership this January. The Wisconsin Potato Coalition will take over management of the ...

Potatoes are one of the most versatile and popular vegetables eaten throughout the world. A crop failure of this vegetable caused by a pathogen in just one country in the mid-1800s was responsible for ...