While planting my potato patch a few weeks ago, I got to thinking about Fred Brossy, an organic farmer in Shoshone, Idaho. Fred is one of the best farmers I've met anywhere, and one of the most ...

Instead of using pesticides to control overwintering Colorado potato beetle adults, two Lehigh Valley potato farmers are using propane to literally fry the leaf-eating pests. The Colorado potato ...

The Colorado potato beetle is one of the most destructive garden pests. Despite it’s name you can find these bugs all over the country, and they don’t only feed on potatoes. The Colorado potato beetle ...

My first encounter with old-fashioned potato beetles took place very early in my career. This was way before there was such a thing as the internet. A client brought in an elongated, dark gray beetle ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners! What a beautiful summer. We have definitely experienced some hot and humid days, but timely rains have kept our farm crops and vegetable gardens growing ...

Three-lined potato beetles, Lema daturaphila, are native to North America, and they consume leaves from a variety of species, including tomato and potato. But their specific name, daturaphila, ...

Its lush green leaves with their lacy patterns look almost beautiful as it winds around trees and covers brush like a wall of greenery. But the potato vine isn’t beautiful to state and national park ...

Q. I have beetles eating my ornamental sweet potato vine. They have a clear shell on their backs. What are they? — Valerie from Newburgh A. Tortoise beetles, or sweet potato beetles, are often called ...

J. Stacy Strickland / Hernando & Sumter Counties Extension Services The invasive air potato vine has met its match with the introduction of the air potato leaf beetle. This beetle could control the ...

Scientists have sequenced the Colorado potato beetle's genome, probing its genes for clues to its surprising adaptability to new environments and insecticides. The new information sheds light on how ...

Red potatoes still connected to their leaves are dug up in a garden. - Johner Images/Getty Images Growing potatoes in the garden is relatively easy and very satisfying. They can be planted early in ...

Three-lined potato beetles, Lema daturaphila, are native to North America, and they consume leaves from a variety of species, including tomato and potato. But their specific name, daturaphila, ...