In addition to bio-fortification, the country is exploring genetically modified (GMO) potato varieties to tackle late blight, a disease that destroys up to 80% of potato crops. Trials for GMO ...

PREMIUM TIMES reported how the farmers lost an estimated N12 billion to a fungal disease epidemic that destroyed their ginger ...

The government is developing bio-fortified Irish potato varieties to combat malnutrition and stunting, The New Times has learned. Irish potatoes, a staple and one of six priority crops under Rwanda’s ...

Generally when producers hear about Fusarium head blight issues or risk of scab and management decisions to be considered, ...

Augusta’s blighted properties are a chronic problem. City commissioners are debating adding more teeth to the blight ordinance.

North Carolina State University researchers continue to push the field of plant disease diagnosis forward, developing ...

Dear Helen: Are sweet potatoes the same as yams? I’m very fond of them and have grown them in the past, but I’ve never been certain just which one they are. Labels in stores are sometimes ...

Vandals on Sunday night broke into a synagogue located in a public bomb shelter on Bat Yam's David Remez Street, throwing a Torah scroll on the floor and stepping on it. The vandals used electric ...

In California alone, the disease struck 2,000 people between January and October last year. More than 60 infants younger than 4 months were hospitalized in the state. One died. Whooping cough ...

Feb. 7, 2025 — Scientists have successfully developed a gastric cancer model using 3D bioprinting technology and patient-derived cancer tissue fragments. This innovative model preserves the ...