(CNN) — The humble modern-day potato, first domesticated about 10,000 years ago, got its start in the Andes mountains before becoming a key crop the world depends on. But because plants don’t preserve ...

New research shows potatoes evolved from tomatoes through ancient plant mixing that created underground tubers.

Researchers have found the molecular marker -- a pattern in the plant's natural DNA -- for calcium in potatoes. This will save time in breeding high-quality, high-calcium potatoes that resist rot.

Insertions and deletions (indels) are common in intergenic spacer regions of plastid DNA and can provide important phylogenetic characters for closely related species. For example, a 241-bp plastid ...

The Escalante Heritage and Wild Potato Festival celebrates the history of Escalante, Utah. Escalante Utah is celebrating its heritage at the 2025 Heritage and Wild Potato Festival. Karen Munson joins ...

With Thanksgiving on the horizon, and the marathon cooking sessions many undertake about to begin in earnest, one new cookbook is here to challenge some of the assumptions that underlie the holiday — ...