... Food Science explored the effects of leaching and boiling on levels of potassium and other minerals in potatoes and found that boiling cubed or shredded samples reduced potassium levels by 50 percent ...
OTTAWA, June 12 (UPI) -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning people sensitive to sulphites not to consume certain white Parisienne potatoes packed by the Lanzbro Corp.
... the world's largest collection of tubers in the interest of conserving the genetic diversity of potato as well as investigating traits such as resistance to various insects and diseases, as well as ...
... that exhibit low activity levels and mice that show high activity traits.
"Can you be born a couch potato? In exercise physiology, we didn't used to think so, but now I would say most definitely you ...
... and minimising exposure to light.
GAs are a naturally occurring toxic substance in potatoes that have antimicrobial, insecticidal and fungicidal properties which probably evolved as a protective ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Here's a couch potato's dream: What if a drug could help you gain some of the benefits of exercise without working up a sweat? Scientists reported Thursday that there is such a ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Snack lovers, rejoice: Munching on potato chips just got a little healthier....
... California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown announced last week that he'd settled lawsuits against leading makers of potato chips and French fries over levels of a cancer-causing chemical in their products.
... blight. With this method, multiple resistance genes from different species of potatoes can be isolated and possibly used simultaneously. This offers the prospect of achieving sustainable resistance ...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the nationwide recall of Flower-brand dried sweet potato due to a labeling error.
... of Biological Chemistry, Robert Friedland and colleagues used this concept on an amyloid-like protein found in potato virus (PVY). They injected PVY into mice followed by monthly boosters for four ...
A handful of potato growers along P.E.I.'s south shore are battling a tiny worm that could wipe out their crops.
In experiments, sweet potatoes grown in Maryland and Alabama yielded two to three times as much carbohydrate for fuel ethanol production as field corn grown in those states, scientists report. The ...
LIMA (Reuters) - Scientists around the world have teamed up to sequence the genome of the potato, hoping to crack the genetic code of one of the world's most important crops at a time of surging ...
In South America's highlands warmer temperatures and shifting precipitation patterns are seriously affecting staple crops such as the potato.
