Background: Previous studies reported controversial findings regarding the association of potato consumption with the risk of chronic diseases. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of potato consumption with depression, anxiety, and stress in Tehrani women. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 488 women aged 20-50 years old who referred to health centers affiliated wit...

Using data from the Nurses’ Health Study II, Bao and colleagues found a higher prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)with increasing potato consumption. The authors stated that the high glycaemic index of potatoes, which causes a sharp postprandial rise in blood glucose concentrations and a risk of associated pancreatic β cells exhaustion, could explain this association. However, use...

Dickeya dianthicola and "Dickeya solani" are currently the dominant bacterial pathogens of potatoes in Europe. Here, we present the draft genome sequences of four strains of each pathogen.

Sweet potato is one of the important crops in China, its growing area and yield rank the first in the world. Sichuan Province has the largest growing area of sweet potatoes in China which amounted to 873,000 ha with total yield of 3,314,000 tons in 2000. Therefore, production of sweet potatoes is of great importance to agricultural production and increase of farmers’ income in this province. Th...

storage of potatoes is very important because fresh potatoes are available only for a few months in a year. thus, any treatment such as irradiation that controls sprout growth and extends shelf life of potatoes could be beneficial. in this study, potato sprout inhibition and tuber quality after treatment with various levels of gamma irradiation (0, 50, 100 and 150 gy) on different dates (10, 30...

The polyhydroxylated nortropane alkaloids called calystegines occur in many plants of the Convolvulaceae, Solanaceae, and Moraceae families. Certain of these alkaloids exhibit potent inhibitory activities against glycosidases and the recently demonstrated occurrence of calystegines in the leaves, skins, and sprouts of potatoes (Solanum tuberosum), and in the leaves of the eggplant (S. melongena...

Potato prices are not sustained by policies, and have a tendency to alter in response to production. They are seasonal crop, small changes in demand and supply lead to rather great price variations. The consumption global trend is considered by growing demand of Asia and South America especially from Middle East, Brazil and East Asia (Figure 1). However for processing the demand is mainly from ...

Cultivated potatoes have been classified as species under the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN) and as cultivargroups under the International Code of Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants (ICNCP); both classifications are still widely used. This study examines morphological support for the classification of landrace populations of cultivated potatoes, using representatives of all ...

The following measures are considered for the reduction and discharge of wastes from potato processing plants and starch mills; (a) Reduction of waste volume by in-plant measures such as recirculation, water re-use, changeover to other processes etc. (b) Reduction of pollutional load. 1. Manufacturing of by-products. 2. Purification processes. (c) Agricultural use. (d) Direct discharge into a r...

Phytoplasma diseases are increasingly becoming important in vegetable crops in the Pacific Northwest. Recently, growers in the Columbia Basin and Yakima Valley experienced serious outbreaks of potato purple top disease that caused significant yield loss and a reduction in tuber processing quality. It was determined that the beet leafhopper-transmitted virescence agent (BLTVA) phytoplasma was th...