Hello, Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners. Spring is definitely here! The forsythia is out in full bloom, along with some ...

Hello, Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners. Spring is definitely here! The forsythia is out in full bloom, along with some ...

Perhaps no other food source is more closely associated with a country than potato is with Ireland. Indeed, Irish potato is a moniker often given to this important vegetable to distinguish it from ...

Sweet potato has become a staple in many diets ... nutrition and income security. However, pests, diseases and climate vulnerabilities can still stand in the way of productivity.

Nightshade plant species are also susceptible to infectious fungal diseases like blight ... harder for them to find their host plant.” Sweet potatoes might not be part of the nightshade family ...

Yams are considered one of the world’s most important crops. A starchy, nutrient-rich root vegetable of the genus Dioscorea, ...

Insects are not known vectors for this disease. Grain harvested from fields in which Goss’s wilt and leaf blight occurred is safe for human and animal consumption and can be delivered without ...

Grants have created a diagnostic paneling survey for herbicide resistance in kochia populations and evaluated molecular tests ...

The blight that destroyed potato crops in the late 1840s reduced the island’s population by almost one-quarter. For nearly two centuries, historians with an Irish-nationalist bent have explained ...