A field just outside St. John’s could one day hold the key to treating or eliminating a fungus that dealt a huge blow to P.E.I.’s iconic potato industry four years ago, and continues to have ripple ...

If it reaches the potato tubers, they can rot both in the ground and during storage. The fungus spreads through spores, which are carried by wind or water. These spores can travel significant ...

a family of six could grow enough potatoes to feed them for a year. In 1845, a fungus affecting the potato crop arrived in Ireland. The potato fungus quickly swept across the whole country.

The new National Potato Wart Response Plan is complete and will take effect for the 2025 potato crop. Potato wart is ...

Although the potato isn’t really Irish, it has become Irish by association. So, this St. Patrick’s Day, make sure you include ...