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Designing a Better Low-Fat Potato Chip

August 9, 2019

Researchers have developed a technique to analyze potato chips' physical characteristics from simulated first bite to swallow...

Sensory Research Digs Deep to Understand Why People like Potatoes

June 13, 2019

Findings will help restaurants and food producers make potato-based foods that better align with consumer expectations and de...

Preventing Vitamin A Deficiency in Africa with Sweet Potato-Enriched Bread

May 1, 2018

Scientists evaluate starch digestibility, nutrient availability

Colorado Potato Beetle Genome Gives Insight into Major Agricultural Pest

January 31, 2018

Managing the beetle costs tens of millions of dollars every year, but this is a welcome alternative to the billions of dollar...

Researchers Trace the Potato's Origins, Learn about Its Untapped Potential

December 14, 2017

A research team has gained new insights into how the potato was domesticated and how its DNA evolved over time

Examining Potatoes' Past Could Improve Spuds of the Future

November 1, 2017

Examining the ancestors of the modern, North American cultivated potato has revealed a set of common genes and important gene...

Whole Food Diet May Help Prevent Colon Cancer, Other Chronic Conditions

September 22, 2017

New findings reinforce recent research that suggests cultures with plant-based diets tend to have lower colon cancer rates th...

Texas Potato Researcher Plans to Pack More Value into the Crop

August 25, 2017

Genetics techniques will play an important role in breeding better potatoes

Utah Home to Earliest Use of Wild Potato in North America

July 5, 2017

Archaeological study is the first to identify a spud-bearing species native to the southwestern United States, Solanum j...

Study Provides Evidence on Movement of Potato Famine Pathogen

December 30, 2016

The pathogen's effects aren't limited to the decimation of Ireland's potato crop 170 years ago

Fortified Against Blindness

August 13, 2015

Bio-fortification of sweet potatoes is a promising method to combat vitamin A deficiency in South Africa.

Economist Finds Consumers Willing to Spend More for Biotech Potato Products

March 23, 2015

New research from an Iowa State University economist found consumers were willing to spend more for genetically modified pota...

GM Spuds Beat Blight

February 24, 2014

“With new insights into both the pathogen and its potato host, we can use GM technology to tip the evolutionary balance...

Researchers Create Potatoes with Higher Levels of Carotenoids

October 25, 2012

Potatoes with higher levels of beneficial carotenoids are the result of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) studies to impr...

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