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 ...

One of the main “bad guys” Miller Research deals with is late blight, the disease largely responsible for the Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s. The disease appears as dark spots on leaves and quickly ...

Wild potato germplasm that offers resistance to some major potato diseases has been identified. Wild potato germplasm that offers resistance to some major potato diseases has been identified by ...

Late blight is a plant disease that mainly attacks potatoes and tomatoes, although it can sometimes be found on other crops, weeds and ornamentals in the same botanical family (solanaceae). Late ...

Q: Can you provide some advice on how to grow potatoes? I planted some this spring but they are already looking very sad and have not flowered yet. A. Potatoes can be a bit tricky here in North State ...

Home gardeners beware: This year, late blight -- a destructive infectious disease that caused the Irish potato famine in the 1840s -- is killing tomato and potato plants in gardens and on commercial ...

International trade and climate change are just two reasons why new potato pest and disease threats could emerge. Philip Case with the help of Gerry Saddler from Scottish government agency SASA ...

The strain of potato blight scientists have long blamed for the devastating Irish famine of 1845 was not the real villain, genetic analysis of 150-year-old plant leaves shows. Finding the real culprit ...