After leaving a sack of potatoes lying around in your kitchen for a while, it's very likely that at least a few of them will start sprouting. These root-like sprouts — also called "eyes" — happen when ...

Know when it’s time to throw out those spuds.

Whether you like them fried, roasted, baked, or made into tots, you probably have at least one favorite potato dish. The USDA says we each eat about 50 pounds of potatoes every year. Not only is the ...

Potatoes don't sprout by accident—timing is everything. A newly identified microRNA, named stu-miR319c, has been found to play a pivotal role in telling potato tubers when to break dormancy and start ...

Through transcriptomic analysis, researchers uncovered thousands of genes associated with hormone signaling, starch and sugar metabolism, and flavonoid biosynthesis that regulate the ...