Even though February is a relatively slow month for gardening, there are some pretty important tasks that deserve to be considered right about now.

A bid to synthetically produce a toxin that costs the Australian potato industry about $20 million annually might hold the key to beating the disease, Australian researchers say. Researcher Peter ...

MONTRÉAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CXC-AG, which specializes in the commercialization of university-developed technologies for agriculture, has been granted a patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office ...

Idaho growers face a threat from diseases harming potato quality and impacting profits. USDA grants fund research to tackle the growing problem.

DEAR NEIL: For the past couple of years my potatoes have been having these lesions on their surfaces. I have switched to new beds and still have the same thing happening.

Powdery scab is a pervasive soilborne disease that compromises the quality and marketability of potato tubers. It is caused by the obligate biotrophic protozoan Spongospora subterranea, which induces ...