One potato, two potato, three potato, four. Yes, this a children’s game, but it might also be the chant of potato diseases and pests that are ready, willing, and able to chow down your crop of spuds.

Penn State researchers collect suspect plants from a potato field. The samples will be studied further in their laboratory. Michael Brooks has been farming in South Jersey his whole life. He grows ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Your favorite potato chip might be at risk, as new potato diseases have ...

FARGO - The cool and wet conditions our region has been going through may be doing a good job of keeping the grass green and the water bill in check, but be prepared for a possible outbreak of ...

The first accurate maps of outbreaks of potato blight — a disease caused by the fungus-like pathogen Phytophthora infestans that was responsible for the Irish potato famine between 1845 and 1852 — in ...

Penn State researchers collect suspect plants from a potato field. The samples will be studied further in their laboratory. (Courtesy of Robert E. Leiby) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South ...