Carrots are ready for harvest when the top of their root pokes through the ground. Yellow foliage that's flopping over is another sign that your carrot is ready to harvest. Always check the days to ...

Key PointsPrepare for a long growing season and harvest before the first frost.Harvest by digging carefully with a shovel or garden fork.Sweet potatoes develop their best flavor after curing and can ...

A new orange-fleshed sweet potato variety developed by the ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (ICAR-CTCRI) is set to play a role in strengthening tribal food security programmes in Kerala ...

Another tick for potatoes is that coloured-skin varieties include higher antioxidants, which also have health benefits. The average Australian eats about 17 kilograms of potatoes each year ...

An ideal set of genes was designed computationally by combining desirable sequences from different potato varieties. This ideal genotype could guide the breeding of hybrid potatoes. Potatoes are ...

At just 136 grams, the tubers weigh less than half that of a typical potato in China, where the most popular varieties are often twice the size of a baseball. China is the world's biggest producer ...

and what scientists look for when they develop new potato varieties. SciFri producer Kathleen Davis talks with Dr. Rhett Spear, assistant professor in the Plant Sciences Department at the University ...

Mondials remain the most popular and profitable variety of potato in South Africa but Up-to-Dates are slowly losing favour with farmers This content is restricted to subscribers only. Our ...

Due to the season, these varieties were not able to accumulate the heat units (ideally more than 2200 heat units) required for them to reach full maturity. Of course, growers can’t control the ...

The "ultimate roasting spud", of course. It may sound like the start of a bad joke, but demand for the hybrid Nemo variety of potato has seen a boost in the amount being planted. Distinctive for ...

The couple raises first generation seed potatoes and specializes in garden seed varieties. "From your standard russets that you'll find in the grocery store,"said Scott, " to the specialty ...