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 ...

Although botulism is rare, it does occur so it's important to know the correlation between potatoes and botulism spores.

BACTERIAL soft rot of vegetables and the retting of flax are both due to decomposition of the pectin complex in the middle lamella, in the former case resulting in a loss of cohesion between the ...

Protect new crops by earthing up well. A layer of soil will protect tubers from spores falling from infected foliage. Potato blight persists on living material so you can safely compost the stems and ...

Although botulism is rare, it does occur so it's important to know the correlation between potatoes and botulism spores. Potatoes are a root vegetable and grow underground. This bacteria is often ...