A team of plant scientists has made a significant breakthrough in understanding how potato plants defend themselves against ...

When you plant seed potatoes, make sure the eye—the sprout–is facing upwards towards the sky. Plant seed potatoes up six to eight inches deep, and plant each seed potato 12 inches apart.

When temperatures exceed about 90 degrees, potato plants tend to enter a dormancy that signals “it’s too hot to work,” Luna said. “It shuts down. The tuber is not bulking.” ...