Potatoes were once so despised they were linked to leprosy. What changed? It's a tale of propaganda, survival, and ordinary ...

Probably the single largest obstacle preventing the even more widespread use of potatoes is the difficulty in controlling sprouting behavior in seed tubers. The ability to control sprouting time ...

The Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government last year restricted inter-State supply of the tuber in a bid to maintain the stock and keep the prices of potato under control. Potato traders in ...

Breeding for yield and nutrition is not enough. The mass market also shows farmers the performance of other tubers like Irish potato, cassava, magogoya and madhumbe as well as levels of ...