but all were nourished by tuber and root crops, the potato most important. Wild potatoes are laced with solanine and tomatine, toxic compounds believed to defend the plants against attacks from ...

and root-knot nematodes are also common problems in sweet potato farming. "Weevils lay eggs on vines and bore into tubers, ...

Arino insecticide/nematicide stops root feeding of costly below-ground pests in potatoes, onions, and other bulb and tuberous ...

Polish potatoes, which are called "ziemniak" in this country, frightens vegetable growers all over Europe. The reason for all ...

On July 1, Mississippi will have its first official state vegetable, the sweet potato. Mississippi is a top U.S. producer of the storage root, third to only North Carolina and California which are ...

Treating potato and sugar beet crops now with nitrogen fixing bacteria biofertilisers could ensure plants have essential nutrients available during key growth stages if dry weather compromises uptake ...