SCIENCE AND EDUCATION

The technology to ensure the resistance of the most important agricultural crops to water shortages is being jointly developed by...

Researchers from the Università Cattolica at Piacenza, have developed a new fertilizer from food chain waste, specifically from the waste...

A transnational team of European researchers has discovered solanimycin, a new antifungal antibiotic. The substance, which was first isolated from...

Bayer Crop Science in the UK recently published an insightful article on its website, providing potato growers with advice on...

In the classic children’s game, nobody wants to be the one left holding the “hot potato”. This also rings true...

The head of Roshydromet Igor Shumakov said that climate warming in Russia is 2.5 times faster than the average on...

The growing threat of antimicrobial resistance has led researchers to search for new compounds everywhere. This week in mBio, a multinational team...

University of Idaho researchers are introducing genes from a plant in the nightshade family into potatoes, seeking to develop spuds...

Oregon State University has been awarded a $50 million grant from the USDA to work with farmers and Native American...

Oregon State University has been awarded a $50 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to work with farmers...

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

This fact sheet on blackleg in potatoes was compiled by Hort Innovation and RM Consulting Group (RMCG) in Australia, and published online...

The Sadon potato variety, which is grown on the basis of the Fat-Agro agricultural enterprise, is very popular. “The Sadon...

Pam Hutchinson draws a parallel between identifying weeds in a potato field and wowing a crowd with a drum solo. She performs...

Morgan Scale is growing carbon-neutral potatoes in west Wales by using his cover crops and crop rotation to offset greenhouse...

Potato growers of the Penza State Agrarian University revive the glory of the "Penza potato"In the old days, the phrase...

The brain controls our body’s lysophospholipids, which in turn control a programme that activates nutritional intake / specific inhibitors of...

A New Zealand author had an exciting start to her day when she learned a children’s book she wrote had...

Many may not be aware that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Long-Term Agroecological Research (LTAR) network, managed by...

Commercialisation of potato, a common food crop largely consumed in East Africa, will receive a boost following the launching of...

This op-ed article is by Dave Douches (PhD), professor and Director of the Potato Breeding and Genetics Program and Director of the...

Project seeks to stimulate PCN to hatch outside of potato planting times IMPROVING the reliability of trap cropping to help...

Ceres Imaging, the precision farming analytics provider that helps farmers build more profitable and more sustainable operations, announced a new...

The Tomsk region is confidently heading not only to increase the region's self-sufficiency in agricultural products available to the population,...

Industry experts assure that to meet the food needs of the world's rapidly growing population, it is necessary to optimize...