Michigan State University potato breeder Dave Douches has genetically finessed a breed that will store longer, stay fresher and even make potato chips taste better, researchers said. Which means, ...

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved two types of genetically engineered potatoes that resist the pathogens which caused the Irish potato famine. J.R. Simplot Co., the company that ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) – A dozen years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to resurrect high-tech spuds. This month, tuber processing ...

AMES, Iowa – New research from an Iowa State University economist found consumers were willing to spend more for genetically modified potato products with reduced levels of a chemical compound linked ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday approved the first genetically modified potato for commercial planting in the United States, a move likely to draw the ire of groups opposed ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved commercial planting of two types of potatoes that are genetically engineered to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato ...

This 2013 photo taken at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., and supplied by J.R. Simplot Company shows wilted conventional potato plants without resistance to the pathogen that caused ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Three types of potatoes genetically engineered to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine are safe for the environment and safe to eat, federal officials announced.

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