The creation of a National Mission on Tuber Crops (NMTC) has been proposed for mainstreaming tubers into India’s food basket and increasing productivity and farmer incomes from these often sidelined ...

Genebanks have been instrumental in allowing crop scientists around the world to breed improved varieties of root and tuber ...

A team has engineered potato to be more resilient to global warming showing 30% increases in tuber mass under heatwave conditions. This adaptation may provide greater food security for families ...

People have eaten tubers since time immemorial. Indeed, a small but ardent band of anthropologists argues that cooked tubers in general played the critical role in separating humankind from the rest ...

RUPERT, Idaho — The primary thing that drives decisions on Luke and Sara Adams’ farm is sugar beets. The couple owns shares in the grower-owned Amalgamated Sugar Co., which allows them to grow a ...

The ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (CTCRI) has commercialised a purple taro variety which is characterised by a high anthocyanin content. ‘ICAR-CTCRI Jamuni,’ which is a a purple-streaked ...