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Potato's crop value is significant to Oregon agriculture and to the overall economic health of the state. Oregon potato producers sold more than $175 million of potatoes in 2011, making them the state’s seventh largest crop and Oregon...read more
Sequencing of the potato genome will aid the development of new varieties, Oregon State University’s breeder says.
Sagar Sathuvalli, based in Hermiston, Ore., said the use of genetic mapping can reduce the length of the potato bree...
Clint Shock, director and professor of the Oregon State University Malheur Experiment Station, cut open a potato and held it out. The pink colored flesh of the specialty spud stood out in the autumn sun.
“A potato is a source of st...
Oregon State University's new potato breeder, Sagar Sathuvalli, is looking at 1,800 selections in his plots at the Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center.
If all goes well, two or three of the selections will become n...
This is one of two remotely-piloted vehicles researchers will be using here at the Oregon State University's Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center.
It's called the HawkEye. It weighs just eight pounds and is roughly...
Farmers are starting to investigate the use of drones for a decidedly nonmilitary purpose: monitoring crops and spraying pesticides.
As the spring growing season unfolds, universities already are working with agricultural groups to...
