Thirteen years after Rio Grande Valley farmer Jack Wallace got the fateful call from Frito-Lay, Zebra Chip — the disease that has since blotched potatoes as far away as New Zealand — appears to be ...

POCATELLO, Idaho — Researchers in Idaho have found a way to use drones to detect diseased potato plants. Led by Idaho State University assistant geosciences professor Donna Delparte, researchers ...

The disease, called “rubbery rot,” was seen in North Dakota and Minnesota this summer and was found in Wisconsin in 2019, said Gary Secor, North Dakota State University Extension plant pathologist.

North Dakota and western Minnesota potato growers have an improved tool to fight a dangerous crop disease. The North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network, or NDAWN, has launched its Potato Blight app ...

Michigan farmers can now test their seed potatoes for disease in-state, eliminating the need to ship samples to North Dakota ...

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 ...

Penn State researchers collect suspect plants from a potato field. The samples will be studied further in their laboratory. (Courtesy of Robert E. Leiby) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South ...

Sweet potatoes tend to get most of the nutritional glory, but regular potatoes (russets, fingerlings, red and Yukon Golds) ...

Researchers are working to find out more about blight in plants such as potatoes. The disease has caused both famine and waves of human migration. They are focusing primarily on researching the ...

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Researchers in Idaho have found a way to use drones to detect diseased potato plants. Led by Idaho State University assistant geosciences professor Donna Delparte, researchers ...