ABERDEEN — Ongoing studies at the University of Idaho’s Aberdeen Research & Extension Center seek to help seed potato growers avoid a chronically troublesome disease spread by aphids, called potato ...

A North Dakota potato breeder brings in a speaker from Wyoming who has trained a dog to detect potato virus diseases using their nose. Andrea Parish of Dayton, Wyoming, sniffs bags of potato seed ...

Humans have largely moved on from the COVID-19 pandemic, but unbeknownst to most, potatoes have been experiencing their own global pandemic for decades. Because potatoes are grown by replanting them, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. AMSTERDAM — It’s a crisp Montana morning in October, at the tail end of potato harvest. Inside a ...

A Norwich Research Park company is on track to revolutionise farming with an improved Maris Piper potato that resists one of its most devastating diseases. The late blight pathogen famously triggered ...

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Nine sites across Tasmania have tested positive for potato mop-top virus as authorities abandon hopes of eradication, forcing growers to adapt. The latest: Nine sites have so far been detected in the ...

The state’s $300m-plus potato industry is on high alert devastating virus found in new sites across state. The latest >>> Biosecurity Tasmania on Thursday announced that the virus had been found at ...

Tas Farmers CEO Nathan Calman said any new incursions of a virus are concerning, and the second detection of potato mop-top virus has amplified concerns in the industry. Mr Calman said at the moment, ...

Sometimes a bill about planting potatoes is simply about planting potatoes. In Colorado, where the Legislature ends on May 8, a bill concerning the planting of uncertified potatoes is already on the ...

A potato disease known as mop-top virus has been detected in Australia for the first time and is ravaging crops on a farm in Tasmania’s northwest. Picture: Supplied A potato disease known as mop-top ...