There are several thousand different varieties of Solanum tuberosum, commonly known as the potato, around the world. But this diversity obscures the fact that various genetic and biological factors ...

This article was originally featured on Undark. In a field near the Dutch village of Angeren, a biotechnology company named Solynta grows potatoes in square plots, about 16 by 13 feet each. One ...

Some lesser-known biological, cultural and scientific facts about the vegetable most closely associated with this island ...