TOLUCA, Mexico -- The fungus that caused the Irish Potato Famine is back. The disease that shrivels potato crops has developed into more aggressive strains that are spreading around the globe. Now ...

A team of plant scientists has made a significant breakthrough in understanding how potato plants defend themselves against ...

Potato pathogens have been catastrophic in the past, most notably during the 1845-52 Irish Potato Famine, which was caused by an infestation of the fungus Phytophthora infestans, also known as the ...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) -Canada has halted exports of fresh potatoes from Prince Edward Island (PEI) to the United States, facing a threat from ...

Beetle, Fungus Take Bite Out of Russian Potato Crop. Small, Traditional Farmers of 'Second Bread' Resist Push to Use Pesticides, Genetically Altered Seeds. By Mara D. Bellaby.

DNA has helped to acquit criminals falsely accused of murder. And now, it's acquitting one of the biggest accused killers of all: the fungus long thought to have caused the Irish potato famine of ...

LARIMORE, N.D. — The 2022 growing season has been mostly disease-free for potatoes, but farmers got a heads-up during a research session about a potentially damaging fungus that showed up in the ...

Even 175 years after Ireland’s devastating famine caused by an introduced potato blight, we’re still struggling to combat these diseases. That’s a problem, because potatoes are vital. More ...

When it comes to companion planting, cucumbers and potatoes should never be grown together. By doing so, you invite a destructive disease into your garden.

Canada has halted all shipments of potatoes from Prince Edward Island to the U.S. after the discovery of the highly transmissible fungus synchytrium endobioticum – better known as potato wart ...

Canada has halted exports of fresh potatoes from Prince Edward Island (PEI) to the United States, facing a threat from Washington to ban the shipments over concerns about the potato wart fungus ...