Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service use innovative technology to study the lifecycle of potatoes (including development, production, and post-harvest ...

There are several thousand different varieties of Solanum tuberosum, commonly known as the potato, around the world. But this diversity obscures the fact that various genetic and biological factors ...

At 30 years old, Curzio Caravati moved to the United States from Switzerland, settling into the lakeside town of Kenosha, WI, where he purchased two acres of land and began filling it with crops. It ...

HASTINGS, Fla. — The University of Florida has launched a potato breeding program at its Hastings location to help growers in the area stay in business. Northeast Florida is home to more than 20,000 ...

This article was originally featured on Undark. In a field near the Dutch village of Angeren, a biotechnology company named Solynta grows potatoes in square plots, about 16 by 13 feet each. One ...