Science news articles about 'potato plants'

... and tuber yield and quality were affected by herbicides at below recommended field rates. Potato plants were exposed to one of seven different herbicides at various concentrations below normal field ...

... 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 farms in the eastern United States.

... infectious disease that caused the Irish potato famine in the 1840s -- is killing tomato and potato plants in gardens and on commercial farms in the eastern United States. In addition, basil downy ...

... Buell is determining which genes are expressed in specific potato plant tissue to better understand the tuber' ... eating an average of nearly 400 pounds of potatoes per year. The United States consumed ...

The green peach aphid, despite its name, is a pest of potatoes. Besides siphoning off juices from potato plants, the aphid can infect the plants with viruses that cause an estimated $100 ...

... western North America during 2001 and 2004, respectively. "One symptom of an infected tomato or potato plant with this bacterium is yellowing of the foliage," said Hansen, whose co-advisor is Richard ...