A recent study examining the development and reproduction of plants and the effects that herbicides can have upon those processes has shown that treating potato plants with low levels of herbicide ...

MADISON, Wis., Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Low-level herbicide use can severely damage potato reproduction, even if it doesn't create any visible injury symptoms, U.S. soil scientists said. Tests to determine ...

This story is one of a series about how hidden innovations produce the foods we eat at the prices we pay. It has been edited for length and clarity. As told to Krithika Varagur. The vast majority of ...

Staff members sort out potatoes at a potato cultivation center in Xiji County, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, March 2, 2023. [Photo/Xinhua] Chinese scientists have made a new ...

Chinese scientists have made a new breakthrough in hybrid potato breeding by using evolutionary genomics to identify deleterious mutations, which may help shorten the breeding process and generate ...

IN early March 1955, a freshly opened clamp of King Edward potatoes was inspected at Little Downham, Isle of Ely. It was observed that cysts of potato root eelworm (Heterodera rostochiensis) had ...

MADISON, WI, JANUARY 5, 2009 – Currently, plant testing in the United States to determine potential ecological risks from chemical pesticides to nontarget plants requires two tests, both of which use ...