Since taking over her late husband’s farm three years ago, Franelyn Rossouw has been simplifying her approach to potato ...

BEIJING -- A surprising discovery by scientists has revealed that an ancient genetic marriage roughly 9 million years ago gave rise to what is now the world's third-largest staple crop: the potato.

You say potato, I say tomato? Turns out one helped create the other: Natural interbreeding between wild tomatoes and potato-like plants in South America gave rise to the modern day spud around nine ...

The evolutionary event led to the formation of the tuber, which is the swollen and edible underground root of certain plants, such as potatoes and yams. To reach these conclusions, Chinese researchers ...

A chance encounter between a wild tomato and a potato-like plant 9 million years ago is why we have modern-day potatoes, ...

What came first, the potato or the tomato? A new genetics study says the answer is that juicy, fragrant tomatoes were the ...

That’s it. That’s the news. Genome biologist Sanwen Huang knows a thing or two about potatoes. But his latest potato ...

Eyewitness drone footage showed firefighters spraying water at Nebraska's Horizon Biofuels plant after an explosion where two ...

Scientists have used artificial intelligence to upgrade plant immune systems, potentially revolutionising how agricultural ...

Keep the soil evenly moist throughout the growing season. Potatoes don’t like to sit in soggy soil, but they also don’t ...

The upgraded lab will help ensure Maine continues to grow its potato industry, UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy said.

Cashews, nutritional yeast, and roasted vegetables create the impossibly creamy base for this Tex-Mex essential. The addition ...