While not as damaging overall as Colorado potato beetles, thrips can reproduce quickly and decimate potato leaves, causing the plant to weaken. Planting basil in containers near potato plants will ...

and root-knot nematodes are also common problems in sweet potato farming. "Weevils lay eggs on vines and bore into tubers, causing damage," she says. "Whiteflies sap leaves, weakening plants, and ...

The large tuberous root is the most widely consumed part of the sweet potato plant. Leaves are mainly consumed in the Pacific Ocean, Africa, Asia, China, Taiwan, the Caribbean, and Southern and ...

Purple sweet potato leaf extracts had the strongest effect on ... into our diet and the bioactive compounds isolated from the plant could serve as a protective strategy against cancer," they ...

Next the researchers are working on soybeans and cowpeas; the latter is “a hugely important food-security crop in African countries,” Meacham-Hensold says. A high-yield soybean variety with the same ...