News articles tagged with 'potato'
Bioscience researchers defeating potato blight
— 19 Nov 2010 10:50 | BiologyResearchers funded by the BBSRC Crop Science Initiative have made a discovery that could instigate a paradigm shift in breeding resistance to late blight - a devastating disease of…
Electrifying findings: New ways of boosting healthful antioxidant levels in potatoes
— 22 Aug 2010 18:56 | HealthHere's a scientific discovery fit to give Mr. Potato Head static cling and flyaway hair (if that vintage plastic toy had hair). Scientists today reported discovery of two simple, inexpensive…
Precision breeding creates super potato
— 9 Dec 2009 08:17 | BiologyThe fall of 2009 was a truly special season for the Emsland Group: For the first time in the history of the largest German potato starch manufacturer, it processed Tilling potatoes,…
Why not mashed paper towels on the Thanksgiving menu?
— 24 Nov 2009 11:25 | ChemistryWhy do people eat mashed potatoes on Thanksgiving Day but not mashed paper towels? That's not such an odd question from a chemistry standpoint because potato and paper are almost as…
MSU scientist helps map potato genome, hope to improve crop yield
— 26 Sep 2009 11:54 | BiologyIt's been cultivated for at least 7,000 years and spread from South America to grow on every continent except Antarctica. Now the humble potato has had its genome sequenced…
Genome of Phytophthora infestans decoded
— 9 Sep 2009 17:00 | BiologyA large international research team has decoded the genome of Phytophthora infestans, the notorious organism that triggered the Irish potato famine in the mid-19th century and also…
Potato blight plight looks promising for food security
— 11 Aug 2009 10:25 | BiologyOver 160 years since potato blight wreaked havoc in Ireland and other northern European countries, scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)…
Purple sweet potato means increased amount of anti-cancer components
— 30 Jun 2009 12:29 | HealthA Kansas State University researcher is studying the potential health benefits of a specially bred purple sweet potato because its dominant purple colour results in an increased amount…
Basis for potato blight control becomes visible
— 15 Jun 2009 20:23 | BiologyPotato blight, false mildew, sudden oak death and a disease in salmon are all caused by a group of miniscule, yet destructive, organisms called Oomycetes. Because of their changeability…
Arsenic in irrigation water is transferred to crops
— 14 May 2009 09:14 | EnvironmentA team of researchers from the University of Valladolid (UVA) and the Salamanca Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology (IRNASA-CSIC) has shown that potatoes irrigated with arsenic-rich…